Vashti
Vashti was given to 12 girls in 2025, #8,821 among girls’ names; 2,355 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,420 Americans named Vashti and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 22 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vashti by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vashti mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vashti is “a female given name from Persian of biblical origin.”
Borrowed from Hebrew וַשְׁתִּי (vaštī).
/ˈvæʃti/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vashti?
#8,821 among girls’ names, 2025
Vashti fell from #8,411 in 2015 to #8,821 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 7.5 per million.
40 babies in 1922, the peak
Vashti peaked in 1922, when 40 girls were given it, #1,251 among girls’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,821 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 9 | #11,050 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,607 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,491 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,421 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | 8 | #12,065 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,689 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 14 | #8,124 | 8.2 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,513 | 11.0 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,711 | 5.1 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,411 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,429 | 11.2 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,630 | 13.7 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,850 | 10.8 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,753 | 9.1 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,966 | 16.3 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,697 | 13.6 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,785 | 10.6 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,535 | 10.9 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,580 | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,781 | 11.9 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,538 | 12.5 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,404 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,117 | 10.6 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,555 | 15.0 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,638 | 14.3 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,432 | 14.7 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,566 | 19.2 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,808 | 17.2 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,444 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,970 | 22.7 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,161 | 20.7 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,149 | 20.5 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,409 | 17.9 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,530 | 16.5 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,218 | 18.4 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,093 | 19.0 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,155 | 18.0 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,975 | 12.7 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,637 | 14.0 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,511 | 14.5 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,162 | 11.3 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,281 | 10.8 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,087 | 17.1 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,332 | 10.8 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,141 | 11.4 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,329 | 15.6 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,917 | 12.4 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,078 | 17.0 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,090 | 16.4 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,507 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,450 | 9.5 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,386 | 4.1 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,888 | 10.5 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,987 | 5.4 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,749 | 6.9 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,440 | 3.6 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,765 | 6.1 |
| 1967 | 7 | #6,013 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,253 | 4.7 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,502 | 3.4 |
| 1964 | 12 | #4,084 | 6.3 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,860 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,536 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,871 | 4.5 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,814 | 5.9 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,176 | 5.0 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,026 | 7.8 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,289 | 3.5 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,712 | 4.1 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,630 | 4.1 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,675 | 5.8 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,782 | 5.4 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,273 | 6.7 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,408 | 6.4 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,880 | 5.3 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,128 | 7.1 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,432 | 6.2 |
| 1946 | 12 | #3,020 | 7.6 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,367 | 6.9 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,754 | 9.0 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,788 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,097 | 5.2 |
| 1941 | 10 | #3,015 | 8.3 |
| 1940 | 17 | #2,025 | 14.9 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,909 | 9.1 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,213 | 13.6 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,773 | 6.6 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,676 | 10.6 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,603 | 21.9 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,721 | 10.5 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,391 | 12.9 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,946 | 16.9 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,870 | 17.8 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,040 | 8.9 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,948 | 17.0 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,276 | 13.9 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,821 | 19.3 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,459 | 12.7 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,602 | 23.0 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,606 | 23.2 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,084 | 15.7 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,251 | 33.3 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,666 | 21.9 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,544 | 24.2 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,559 | 23.9 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,326 | 29.4 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,838 | 18.5 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,443 | 25.9 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,567 | 23.4 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,299 | 31.5 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,223 | 35.2 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,113 | 41.2 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,539 | 26.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,920 | 20.2 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,283 | 34.6 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,196 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 16 | #986 | 50.2 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,406 | 30.5 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,292 | 34.3 |
| 1904 | 18 | #877 | 65.4 |
| 1903 | 15 | #926 | 57.3 |
| 1902 | 20 | #793 | 75.7 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,060 | 46.0 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,101 | 43.4 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,175 | 38.6 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,094 | 42.5 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,088 | 42.7 |
| 1896 | 12 | #993 | 50.4 |
| 1895 | 12 | #979 | 51.4 |
| 1894 | 11 | #994 | 49.3 |
| 1893 | 12 | #897 | 56.4 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,081 | 42.4 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,526 | 27.0 |
| 1890 | 9 | #1,003 | 47.3 |
| 1889 | 8 | #1,019 | 44.9 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,263 | 33.6 |
| 1882 | 6 | #897 | 55.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vashti a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vashti has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 138 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vashti: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vashti, and how old are they?
1,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 2,355 Americans ever recorded as Vashti. The median Vashti alive today is 34 years old; half are between 22 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 1,557 people named Vashti (1,544 women and girls, 13 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,434 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 62 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 213 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 447 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 376 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 184 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vashti
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vashti and names like it
- Compare Vashti and LadyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVashti peaked in 1922.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vashti since 1910.
- Persian namesWiktionary’s origin for Vashti: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Vashti.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Vashti alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with VMost given first.