Vashti
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Vashti is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Vashti mean?
Persian
A female given name from Persian of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vashti a girl's or a boy's name?
Vashti is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vashti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Vashti, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Vashti in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vashti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,232 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,262 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,080 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 16 | #945 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,047 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 12 | #950 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 11 | #950 |
| 1893 | 12 | #865 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
Names like Vashti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esther Naomi Emma Ruby Elsie Hazel Daisy Violet Hallie Maggie Annie Nina
Names related to Vashti
More Persian names
Jasper Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman Armaan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vashti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vashti, updated 20 October 2026.