Girls' name · since 2001

Vesa

45 babies named Vesa in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#36,320 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,826 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
45
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade

45 babies have been named Vesa since 2001, making it today's #9826 girls' name.

Vesa has 45 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9826 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #36,320 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,826 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 45 born since 2001
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vesa ranks #36,320 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,826 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.

#36,320 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,826 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
45
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%43.1%
Vesa vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Vesa's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Vesa compares

45 15th percentile among 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

Vesa's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Vesa Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 45 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Vesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Vesa's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Vesa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
10
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
4681012 2001200320042005201220162025 10

Vesa by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 51% of the file).

2000s was Vesa's strongest decade.

23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Vesa births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vesa?
45 babies have been named Vesa since 2001. All-time, it sits at #36,320 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,826 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 10 births.
Where does Vesa sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vesa ranks #36,320 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,826 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Vesa most popular?
Vesa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Vesa been used?
The SSA has tracked Vesa since 2001 -- 25 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Vesa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vesta, Vesper, Vester, Vessie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Vesa's data

  • Vesa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Vesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2025 (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 Vesa 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.