Vegas
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- VAY-gus
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Vegas is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “meadows”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Vegas mean?
Spanish: from the city of Las Vegas
“meadows”
Las Vegas, Spanish for the meadows, was named for the spring-fed grasslands in the Nevada desert.
Is Vegas a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Vegas has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Vegas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Vegas, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Vegas in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vegas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Vegas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Veer, Viraj, Krishiv, Vivaan, Avyaan, Avi, Shivansh, Atharv, Advik, Ivaan
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Vegas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vegas, updated 20 October 2026.