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Vegas: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 16 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,843 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3,843 in 1981; #5,833 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Vegas in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,833 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #3,843.
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Vegas: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 16 boys in 2025. Peak: #3,843 in 1981 · most boys in one year: 18 (2022).
In 2025, 16 US boys were named Vegas, making it the 5,833rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 195 places from #5,638 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 17 boys named Vegas in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #3,843, reached in 1981. The most boys given the name in a single year was 18, in 2022. For comparison, it was #7,463 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Vegas in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #9,422, reached in 2005. The most girls given the name in a single year was 13, in 2007. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vegas in 30 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1979 with 5 babies. In all, 473 US babies have been given the name, 31% of them girls and 69% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 178 babies named Vegas.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 134 US boys were named Vegas; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 18. In 2025 that was about 1 in 106,755 of the boys 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 | — | — | 16 | #5,833 |
| 2024 | 5 | #17,530 | 17 | #5,638 |
| 2023 | 7 | #13,369 | 12 | #7,266 |
| 2022 | — | — | 18 | #5,426 |
| 2021 | 6 | #15,124 | 11 | #7,545 |
| 2020 | — | — | 14 | #6,268 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #8,166 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,558 | 14 | #6,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #18,281 | 17 | #5,508 |
| 2016 | — | — | 5 | #14,067 |
| 2015 | — | — | 11 | #7,463 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,477 | 8 | #9,575 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,207 | 11 | #7,515 |
| 2012 | 5 | #19,376 | 17 | #5,463 |
| 2011 | — | — | 12 | #6,977 |
| 2010 | 9 | #12,218 | 8 | #9,632 |
| 2009 | 5 | #20,044 | 8 | #9,812 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,771 | 13 | #6,737 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,514 | 15 | #5,888 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,572 | 12 | #6,886 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,422 | 13 | #6,201 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,651 | 11 | #6,950 |
| 2003 | 9 | #11,283 | 15 | #5,250 |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,143 | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,858 | 7 | #9,190 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #10,178 |
| 1986 | — | — | 5 | #7,771 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,843 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #5,500 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #7,036 |
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).