Vega
Girl · VAY-ga · Arabic
Vega is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “swooping eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Vega mean?
Arabic: star name, from Arabic
“swooping eagle”
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra; also a Spanish word for a fertile meadow.
- Say it
- VAY-ga
Is Vega a girl's or a boy's name?
Vega is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 31 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Vega in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Vega, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Vega in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Vega in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Vega in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Vega, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918. 12 boys were also named Vega in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Vega than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Vega in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72% of the babies named Vega in the US were girls.
Vega in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
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