Is Vesta a boy or girl name?
Vesta was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 8,208 US babies named Vesta were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #17,475
- Babies named Vesta since 1880
- 8,208
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 257 babies
Boys and girls named Vesta, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 320 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 750 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 1,031 | 100% |
| 1910s | 16 | 1,798 | 99.1% |
| 1920s | 5 | 1,668 | 99.7% |
| 1930s | 6 | 940 | 99.4% |
| 1940s | 0 | 628 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 414 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 223 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 123 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 83 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 66 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 45 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 57 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 35 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,475 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 8 | #12,099 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 10 | #10,335 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 7 | #13,371 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,351 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,428 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,814 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 9 | #11,719 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 6 | #16,395 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 6 | #16,724 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 8 | #13,284 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,861 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 7 | #15,153 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 7 | #15,317 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 6 | #17,524 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 6 | #16,351 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 6 | #16,004 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 7 | #13,783 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,273 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 7 | #12,028 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 6 | #13,458 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,776 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 11 | #8,032 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,642 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,570 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 8 | #10,168 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 13 | #6,522 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 10 | #7,674 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 8 | #8,757 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,778 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,448 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 7 | #9,118 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,995 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 14 | #5,205 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,136 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 9 | #7,392 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 8 | #8,037 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,553 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,415 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 10 | #6,037 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 16 | #4,131 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,003 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 9 | #6,065 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,712 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 21 | #3,263 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 11 | #5,051 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,045 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,787 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 18 | #3,077 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,934 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 21 | #2,741 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,195 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,486 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,304 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,877 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,856 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 28 | #2,117 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,246 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,575 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,409 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,395 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,302 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 61 | #1,155 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,227 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,207 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,014 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,016 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,021 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 73 | #920 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 72 | #864 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 84 | #771 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 65 | #877 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 88 | #736 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 69 | #835 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 79 | #762 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 100 | #663 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 110 | #641 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 102 | #653 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 106 | #654 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 104 | #653 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,977 | 117 | #642 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 116 | #650 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 111 | #665 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 125 | #648 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 162 | #561 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 156 | #576 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 194 | #515 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 169 | #557 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 195 | #498 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,937 | 197 | #504 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 243 | #430 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,136 | 242 | #417 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 257 | #408 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,568 | 213 | #440 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 220 | #423 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 195 | #440 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,736 | 160 | #426 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 122 | #450 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 169 | #352 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 111 | #384 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 109 | #374 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 97 | #376 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 112 | #338 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 103 | #349 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 107 | #327 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 103 | #333 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 99 | #329 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 105 | #306 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 109 | #303 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 84 | #335 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 112 | #320 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 93 | #311 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 91 | #330 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 92 | #301 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 64 | #364 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 96 | #292 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 100 | #279 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 52 | #378 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 60 | #342 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 60 | #324 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 42 | #394 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 54 | #340 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 51 | #340 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 28 | #422 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 47 | #304 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 27 | #403 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 33 | #346 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 19 | #450 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 21 | #403 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 20 | #383 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 20 | #373 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Vesta reached #3,736 in 1914. As a girl name, it reached #279 in 1894. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Vesta
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.