Total births
27
Girls' name · since 1915
Vema
27 babies named Vema in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 27
- total births
- 1915–1928
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Vema sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1915.
Vema has 27 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1928.
- 27 total births
- 1915–1928 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
27 girls have been named Vema since 1915, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1928.
- 27
- total births
- 1915–1928
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Vema was born in this single decade.
1915
Single peak year
6 babies were named Vema in 1915 - its busiest year on record.
Vema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vema's full recorded timeline at 1921, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vema at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
1915
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1915
Vema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1928
- Peak year (1915)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Vema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Vema's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Vema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 16 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Vema? ▼
Vema has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 1915, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1928. 6 babies were born in 1915, its single highest year.
When was Vema most popular? ▼
Vema was most popular in the 1920s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Vema been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Vema since 1915 -- 14 years through the most recent 1928 data.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1915–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Vema: Baby Name Since 1915 - 27 Births, Peak 1915." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/vema. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Vema 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 June 2026.