Vestel — boys' name
38 babies named Vestel in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Vestel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Vestel in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vestel
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Vestel between 1917 and 1935, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vestel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vestel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vestel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vestel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vestel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 38 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vestel at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vestel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
38 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 8 births in a single year.
Vestel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 21 births that decade — 55% of Vestel's all-time total
Vestel decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Vestel's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Vestel by state
Where Vestel concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 13.2% |
5 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 13.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.