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Vega: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 31 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,128 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3,128 in 2019; #4,539 in 2025. About 72% of babies named Vega in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,539 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #3,128.
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Vega: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 31 girls in 2025. Peak: #3,128 in 2019 · most girls in one year: 52 (2019).
In 2025, 31 US girls were named Vega, making it the 4,539th most common girls’ name of the year, down 582 places from #3,957 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 38 girls named Vega in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,128, reached in 2019. That year also had the most girls given the name: 52. For comparison, it was #4,224 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Vega, making it the 7,158th most common boys’ name of the year, up 3,693 places from #10,851 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 7 boys named Vega in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #6,307, reached in 2017. The most boys given the name in a single year was 14, in 2023. For comparison, it was #6,654 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vega in 30 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1918 with 5 babies. In all, 936 US babies have been given the name, 80% of them girls and 20% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 430 babies named Vega.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 397 US girls were named Vega; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 52. In 2025 that was about 1 in 51,847 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,539 | 12 | #7,158 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,957 | 7 | #10,851 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,473 | 14 | #6,485 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,825 | 14 | #6,451 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,876 | 11 | #7,544 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,748 | 13 | #6,595 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,128 | 11 | #7,597 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,341 | 14 | #6,319 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,842 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,240 | 10 | #8,107 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,224 | 13 | #6,654 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,979 | 10 | #8,082 |
| 2013 | 28 | #5,008 | 8 | #9,609 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,880 | 10 | #8,105 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,136 | — | — |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,098 | 7 | #10,691 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,883 | 5 | #14,383 |
| 2008 | 16 | #8,088 | 7 | #10,977 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,883 | 10 | #8,134 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,370 | — | — |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,520 | — | — |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,809 | — | — |
| 2003 | 12 | #9,027 | — | — |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,815 | — | — |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,724 | — | — |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,951 | — | — |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,309 | — | — |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,911 | — | — |
| 1957 | 6 | #6,051 | — | — |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,535 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).