Vesper
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VES-per
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,458 for girls
Vesper is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “evening, evening star”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Vesper mean?
Latin
“evening, evening star”
Latin for evening; Vespers is the evening prayer service, and Vesper Lynd is the heroine of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale.
Is Vesper a girl's or a boy's name?
Vesper is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 72 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Vesper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Vesper, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Vesper of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Vesper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Vesper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
How popular is Vesper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Vesper, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902. 8 boys were also named Vesper in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Vesper in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90% of the babies named Vesper in the US were girls.
Vesper in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,749 |
| 2023 | 82 | #2,258 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,110 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
Names like Vesper
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Dua, Coco, Croia, Piper, Lucia, Luna, Primrose, Aria, Pippa, Lola, Juniper
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Vesper: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vesper, updated 20 October 2026.