Vasti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAS-tee
- Origin
- Persian
Vasti is a girls' name of Persian origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Vasti mean?
Persian: variant of Vashti, a Persian queen in the Book of Esther
Variant of Vashti, the queen in the Book of Esther who refuses King Ahasuerus's summons.
Is Vasti a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasti is a girls' name.
How popular is Vasti in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Vasti in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vasti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 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 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Vasti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Vivi Armani Avani Anvi Vaani Dhriti Navi Sanvi Avni Tanvi Andi
Names related to Vasti
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Vasti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vasti, updated 20 October 2026.