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Vesta

Girl · Latin

Vesta is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “to dwell”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Vesta mean?

Latin

“to dwell”

A female given name from Latin in occasional use.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Vesta a girl's or a boy's name?

Vesta is a girls' name.

How popular is Vesta in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls.

Half of all the girls named Vesta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

2007Busiest: 14 in 20112023
Vesta in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20231#7,582
20224#4,870
20210–
20200–
20194#4,904
20183#5,896
20173#5,998
20165#4,290
20158#3,114
20145#4,187
20133#6,003
20126#3,881
201114#2,032
20103#5,938
20095#4,141
20080–
20076#3,396

How popular is Vesta in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1918, with 257 girls.

Half of all the girls named Vesta in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1935, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 257 in 19182024
Vesta in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20245#15,288
20238#11,164
202210#9,674
20217#12,201
20205#15,083
20196#13,793
20180–
201715#7,438
20169#10,855
20150–
20146#14,552
20130–
20126#14,956
20118#12,146
20107#13,442
20097#13,698
20087#13,827
20076#15,485
20060–
20056#14,495
20046#14,172
20037#12,401
20020–
20016#13,514
20000–
19990–
19980–
19977#10,831
19966#11,801
19950–
199410#8,116
199311#7,491
199214#6,307
199110#7,980
19908#9,241
198913#6,154
198810#7,106
19878#7,982
19865#10,907
19855#10,672
19847#8,149
19837#8,045
198214#4,943
19815#10,409
19809#6,788
19798#7,311
197812#5,214
19777#7,565
197610#5,599
197516#3,948
197412#4,719
19739#5,578
197217#3,543
197121#3,166
197011#4,760
196910#4,722
196822#2,708
196718#2,963
196619#2,838
196521#2,683
196431#2,150
196325#2,423
196226#2,356
196124#2,473
196027#2,245
195936#1,851
195836#1,819
195728#2,066
195625#2,193
195543#1,555
195452#1,391
195348#1,409
195255#1,284
195146#1,382
195045#1,364
194950#1,288
194861#1,143
194755#1,216
194652#1,191
194559#1,003
194460#1,005
194362#1,006
194273#917
194172#858
194084#762
193965#868
193888#731
193769#824
193679#757
1935100#660
1934110#635
1933102#650
1932106#650
1931104#649
1930117#641
1929116#648
1928111#664
1927125#643
1926162#557
1925156#575
1924194#513
1923169#555
1922195#497
1921197#500
1920243#430
1919242#417
1918257#408
1917213#440
1916220#422
1915195#438
1914160#424
1913122#449
1912169#352
1911111#382
1910109#374
190997#375
1908112#336
1907103#343
1906107#325
1905103#333
190499#329
1903105#306
1902109#302
190184#331
1900112#316
189993#310
189891#328
189792#300
189664#363
189596#288
1894100#278
189352#374
189260#338
189160#323
189042#384
188954#338
188851#337
188728#412
188647#302
188527#394
188433#341
188319#435
188221#389
188120#374
188020#367

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