Vail
Mostly girls · VAYL · English
Vail is a name of English origin, meaning “valley”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Vail mean?
English: English surname from Middle English vale
“valley”
Also the name of a Colorado ski resort, named after the highway engineer Charles Vail.
- Say it
- VAYL
Is Vail a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Vail has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Vail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Vail, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952. 6 boys were also named Vail in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Vail in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 83% of the babies named Vail in the US were girls.
Vail in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
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