Vesta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Vesta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Vesta: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #742, and it stood at #4,645 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#742highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#3218
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#2150
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2022	#4645

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 16 years from 2007 to 2022.

In 2012: #768 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3681 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2007–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #3218 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2012
Highest recorded position: #742 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2009–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4645 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Vesta appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 65 births with the name.

Vesta across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Vesta's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3218 (2007)	#2150 (2011)	#4645 (2022)	13 of 16	65 (2007–2022)	12 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#742 (2009)	#742 (2009)	#768 (2012)	3 of 4	12 (2009–2012)	4 (2009)

Vesta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Vesta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	52	10 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Vesta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2007 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #742 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Vesta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2007 and 2022, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #742, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aiste · #742, 12y
Hannah-Rose · #742, 14y
Zuzana · #742, 15y
Ekin · #741, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aiste · #742, 12y
Zuzana · #742, 15y
Ekin · #741, 13y
Maximo · #741, 21y

Vesta was ranked #742 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Vesta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Vesta without appearing here.

Vesta moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4686 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.
Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Vesta

Brittany Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2925.
Marilyn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3218 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3031.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2233.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2150 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Vesta

Ada Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 while Ada went from #919 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 while Alma went from #1196 to #279.
Amelia Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 while Amelia went from #10 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 while Aria went from #1234 to #31.

Moved the same way as Vesta

Abigail Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 and Abigail from #24 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 and Aimee from #76 to #1326.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 and Alex from #350 to #2178.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2007 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Vesta went from #3218 to #4645 and Alexandra from #94 to #183.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2007 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #742 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Vesta

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vesta across 2 official records

Vesta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Vesta across 2 official records

Vesta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Vesta

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Vesta moved ahead of

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