Girls' name · since 1882
Vashti
2,355 babies named Vashti in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,216 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,376 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,355
- born since 1882
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vashti currently ranks #8376 among girls' names in America, with 2,355 babies recorded since 1882.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vashti has been recorded 2,355 times among girls since 1882, currently ranked #8376 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #4,216 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,376 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,355 born since 1882
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vashti ranks #4,216 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,376 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,355 born since 1882, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,216 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,376 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,355
- born since 1882
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vashti's 2,355 recorded births place it above 94.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Vashti compares
2,355 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vashti's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vashti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,355 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vashti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vashti's full recorded timeline at 1956, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1891, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vashti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Vashti by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (327 births, 14% of the file).
1990s was Vashti's strongest decade.
327 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Vashti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 20
1880s
20 births
- 1890s 100
1890s
100 births
- 1900s
1900s
137 births
- 1910s
1910s
219 births
- 1920s
1920s
245 births
- 1930s
1930s
137 births
- 1940s 107
1940s
107 births
- 1950s 105
1950s
105 births
- 1960s 71
1960s
71 births
- 1970s
1970s
171 births
- 1980s
1980s
241 births
- 1990s
1990s
327 births
- 2000s
2000s
226 births
- 2010s
2010s
179 births
- 2020s 70
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 327 births (14% of all-time use).
How Vashti compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Vashti's total volume
Vashti by state
Where Vashti concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 38 | 1.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #3 | California | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.2% |
38 of 2,355 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Vashti's data
- Vashti's decade-level peak was the 1990s (327 total births); usage has since declined to 70 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Vashtis (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Vashti
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vashti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~143 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1882–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vashti draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.