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Vega

#4,538 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Vega has been given to 936 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #4,538 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 52 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.

Babies named Vega, 2025

1 in 107,000

Vega over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Vega over time

In 2025, Vega went to 72% girls and 28% boys.

19182025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Vega: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vega means

Vega has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Vega

One of the source’s documented entries for Vega records a meaning of meadow, plain.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 746 girls were recorded with the name Vega between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2019; its best national rank was #3,127 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,746 in 2020 to #4,538 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,223 in 2015 to #4,538 in 2025.

In the United States, 190 boys were recorded with the name Vega between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2017; its best national rank was #6,303 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,591 in 2020 to #7,154 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,649 in 2015 to #7,154 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Vega?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 51,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,538
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vega sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vega. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vegas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vega was born before 2016 — so the typical Vega is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
741
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (333).

Is Vega rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−582
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+208
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−315
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
59.6%
Peak was 2019 (52)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,127
2019

Spellings of Vega

Vega is not the most common spelling — Megan is, with 23.8% against Vega's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Vega is used

Across 1910–2025, Vega was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 997,311 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Vega has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Vega around the world

Where Vega ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2015–2024
    #898
    in 2024
  • France
    2003–2025
    #4,212
    in 2025
  • Norway
    2024–2025
    #189
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2020
    #3,347
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1975–1975
    #675
    in 1975

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Vega by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,538
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 208
Best rank ever
#3,127
2019
Peak year
2019
52 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
746
Count in 2025
31

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,154
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 563
Best rank ever
#6,303
2017
Peak year
2017
14 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
190
Count in 2025
12

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Sibling names for Vega

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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