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Vesper: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 72 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,026 in 1902.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,026 in 1902; #2,482 in 2025. About 90% of babies named Vesper in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,482 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1902, at #2,026.
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Vesper: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 72 girls in 2025. Peak: #2,026 in 1902 · most girls in one year: 82 (2023).
In 2025, 72 US girls were named Vesper, making it the 2,482nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 290 places from #2,772 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 62 girls named Vesper in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,026, reached in 1902. The most girls given the name in a single year was 82, in 2023. For comparison, it was #3,529 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Vesper, making it the 9,644th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,415 places from #7,229 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 12 boys named Vesper in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #3,200, reached in 1917. The most boys given the name in a single year was 12, in 2024. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vesper in 35 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1902 with 5 babies. In all, 1,006 US babies have been given the name, 93% of them girls and 7.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 430 babies named Vesper.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 582 US girls were named Vesper; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 22,323 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Vesper ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #1,822 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7 | #1,822 | — |
| California | 9 | #2,267 | #2,029 |
| Texas | 5 | #3,759 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,482 | 8 | #9,644 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,772 | 12 | #7,229 |
| 2023 | 82 | #2,267 | 7 | #10,736 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,685 | 6 | #12,227 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,210 | — | — |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,604 | — | — |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,914 | — | — |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,492 | — | — |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,545 | — | — |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,058 | — | — |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,529 | — | — |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,136 | — | — |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,237 | — | — |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,830 | — | — |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,237 | — | — |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,767 | — | — |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,923 | — | — |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,317 | — | — |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,286 | — | — |
| 1925 | — | — | 5 | #4,831 |
| 1924 | 6 | #5,021 | 5 | #4,929 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,696 | — | — |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,982 | — | — |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,936 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,328 | 6 | #4,258 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,441 | — | — |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,267 | 7 | #3,703 |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,064 | 8 | #3,200 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,900 | — | — |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,919 | — | — |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,617 | — | — |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,769 | — | — |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,416 | — | — |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,026 | — | — |
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).