Vesta

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1930 at #3,592
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1894 · 100 births
Debut · girls
20 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,181
since 1880

Vesta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vesta has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #278, 1894girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024#15,2935—
2023#11,1698—
2022#9,68010—
2021#12,2067—
2020#15,0885—
2019#13,7996—
2018——
2017#7,44215—
2016#10,8599—
2015——
2014#14,5586—
2013——
2012#14,9626—
2011#12,1538—
2010#13,4487—
2009#13,7047—
2008#13,8327—
2007#15,4916—
2006——
2005#14,5026—
2004#14,1796—
2003#12,4087—
2002——
2001#13,5216—
2000——
1999——
1998——
1997#10,8367—
1996#11,8076—
1995——
1994#8,12210—
1993#7,49811—
1992#6,31414—
1991#7,98710—
1990#9,2478—
1989#6,16013—
1988#7,11110—
1987#7,9878—
1986#10,9125—
1985#10,6775—
1984#8,1537—
1983#8,0477—
1982#4,94514—
1981#10,4115—
1980#6,7899—
1979#7,3138—
1978#5,21412—
1977#7,5677—
1976#5,60110—
1975#3,95016—
1974#4,72012—
1973#5,5809—
1972#3,54317—
1971#3,16621—
1970#4,76111—
1969#4,72310—
1968#2,70822—
1967#2,96318—
1966#2,83919—
1965#2,68421—
1964#2,15131—
1963#2,42425—
1962#2,35726—
1961#2,47424—
1960#2,24627—
1959#1,85236—
1958#1,82036—
1957#2,06728—
1956#2,19425—
1955#1,55643—
1954#1,39252—
1953#1,41048—
1952#1,28555—
1951#1,38346—
1950#1,36545—
1949#1,28950—
1948#1,14461—
1947#1,21755—
1946#1,19252—
1945#1,00359—
1944#1,00560—
1943#1,00662—
1942#91773—
1941#85872—
1940#76284—
1939#86865—
1938#73188—
1937#82469—
1936#75779—
1935#660100—
1934#635110—
1933#650102—
1932#650106—
1931#649104—
1930#641117#3,5926
1929#648116—
1928#664111—
1927#643125—
1926#557162—
1925#575156—
1924#513194—
1923#555169—
1922#497195—
1921#500197#4,3225
1920#430243—
1919#417242#3,7366
1918#408257—
1917#440213#3,9815
1916#422220—
1915#438195—
1914#424160#3,2645
1913#449122—
1912#352169—
1911#382111—
1910#374109—
1909#37597—
1908#336112—
1907#343103—
1906#325107—
1905#333103—
1904#32999—
1903#306105—
1902#302109—
1901#33184—
1900#316112—
1899#31093—
1898#32891—
1897#30092—
1896#36364—
1895#28896—
1894#278100—
1893#37452—
1892#33860—
1891#32360—
1890#38442—
1889#33854—
1888#33751—
1887#41228—
1886#30247—
1885#39427—
1884#34133—
1883#43519—
1882#38921—
1881#37420—
1880#36720—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vesta was already there! It came in at #367, and was given to 20 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Vesta is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMNIllinois: #471 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,661 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMINew York: #647 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,310 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedSDIowa: #324 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,714 girlsIAIndiana: #382 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,570 girlsINOhio: #355 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,564 girlsOHPennsylvania: #391 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,270 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #332 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,642 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #241 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,480 girlsWVVirginia: #393 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,598 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedNMKansas: #236 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,484 girlsKSArkansas: #280 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,549 girlsARTennessee: #266 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,787 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #491 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,795 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #261 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedMSAlabama: #315 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,328 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vesta, so not publishedHITexas: #478 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,317 girlsTXFlorida: #268 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,679 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#236 · 1 in 1,484
  2. West Virginia#241 · 1 in 1,480
  3. Oklahoma#261 · 1 in 1,680
  4. Tennessee#266 · 1 in 1,787
  5. Florida#268 · 1 in 1,679

Best ever in a state: #133 in Nebraska, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#23691 in 1,484
West Virginia#241101 in 1,480
Oklahoma#261101 in 1,680
Tennessee#266121 in 1,787
Florida#26851 in 1,679
Arkansas#280101 in 1,549
Alabama#315101 in 2,328
Iowa#32471 in 2,714
Missouri#332101 in 2,642
Ohio#355101 in 4,564
Indiana#38251 in 4,570
Pennsylvania#391121 in 7,270
Virginia#39351 in 4,598
Illinois#47181 in 6,661
Texas#478131 in 3,317
North Carolina#49151 in 5,795
New York#64751 in 18,310
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Vesta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1940 (#868 → #762)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1939 (#731 → #868)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #278 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,229
  • Highest: 1 in 2,229 girls born in 1894 were named Vesta (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Vesta (1,798) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s320#302 (1886)#369
1890s750#278 (1894)#329
1900s1,031#302 (1902)#330
1910s1,798#352 (1912)#411
1920s1,668#430 (1920)#558
1930s940#635 (1934)#707
1940s628#762 (1940)#1,039
1950s414#1,285 (1952)#1,632
1960s223#2,151 (1964)#2,757
1970s123#3,166 (1971)#5,142
1980s83#4,945 (1982)#8,119
1990s66#6,314 (1992)#8,830
2000s45#12,408 (2003)#13,948
2010s57#7,442 (2017)#12,460
2020s35#9,680 (2022)#12,687

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vesta in 1915

girls
#438
195 births · 1 in 5,045 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #438Vesta195
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 5,045 of them was named Vesta, which outranked 91.2% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vesta
  1. #434Georgie197
  2. #434Vada197
  3. #437Monica196
  4. #438Vesta195
  5. #438Orpha195
  6. #438Robbie195
  7. #441Bobbie193
  8. #441Garnet193
  9. #441Yetta193

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915 →