Vesa

#10,062 in 2025Girls' name

Young tree

Vesa has been given to 45 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #10,062 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Vesa, 2025

1 in 332,000

Vesa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vesa: meaning, origin, and history

Young tree

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vesa means

Vesa means “young tree”, associated with vesa.

Origin, language, and formation

Vesa is used in Finnish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Vesa is pronounced /ˈʋesɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Vesa between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2025; its best national rank was #10,062 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Vesa?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,062; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vesa 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vesa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vesas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vesa was born before 2005 — so the typical Vesa is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 51.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 51.1% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Vesa 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (10)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,062; 2025

Spellings of Vesa

Vesa is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 36.4% against Vesa's <0.01%.

Lisa36.4%967,229
Eva10.7%284,761
Rosa6.7%177,415
Vera5.6%149,456
Lena5.5%146,479
Velma3.3%86,752
Verna2.6%69,113
Tessa2.1%55,926

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.

Vesa around the world

Where Vesa 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
2000–2020
#5,493
in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Vesa by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,062
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #10,062; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 10 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 45
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Vesa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jesa Esa Vestie Nesa Chesa Besa Kesa Vesenia Pareesa Vesna Keesa Vestal Maesa Vessica Aesa Kiesa Niesa Deresa Tenesa Caresa Seresa Loresa Annesa Desa

Sibling names for Vesa

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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