Vega
Vega was the 4539th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 3128th with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 315 places. More babies were named Vega in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,539 girls, up 209 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 31girls
- Girls and boys
- 77% girls, 23% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201952 babies
- Total since 1880
- 936babies recorded
Vega popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,539 | #7,158 | 31 | 12 |
| 2020 | #4,748 | #6,595 | 28 | 13 |
| 2010 | #5,098 | #10,691 | 28 | 7 |
| 2000 | #14,951 | — | 6 | — |
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How popular is Vega, counting every spelling?
Vega has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Vega?
31 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Vega (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Vega born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 270 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Vega.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Vega?
About 700 people born in the US named Vega are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Vega a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Vega by state
How common Vega was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Vega
How popular is the name Vega?
Vega was the 4539th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 3128th with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 315 places. More babies were named Vega in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Vega a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 77% girls, 23% boys given the name Vega in the US.
Where is Vega most popular?
In 2021–2025, Vega was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.