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How popular is “Vesta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vesta” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Vesta” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Vesta” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Vesta” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Vesta” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Vesta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vesta” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 20 0.000099263 20 100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 100%
1884 33 0.000135545 33 100%
1885 27 0.000112101 27 100%
1886 47 0.000184086 47 100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 100%
1888 51 0.000170299 51 100%
1889 54 0.000186886 54 100%
1890 42 0.000139349 42 100%
1891 60 0.000209298 60 100%
1892 60 0.00017944 60 100%
1893 52 0.00015989 52 100%
1894 100 0.000295255 100 100%
1895 96 0.000273489 96 100%
1896 64 0.000179029 64 100%
1897 92 0.000265163 92 100%
1898 91 0.00023856 91 100%
1899 93 0.000274147 93 100%
1900 112 0.000248746 112 100%
1901 84 0.000242907 84 100%
1902 109 0.000281848 109 100%
1903 105 0.000275446 105 100%
1904 99 0.000245362 99 100%
1905 103 0.000242969 103 100%
1906 107 0.000249737 107 100%
1907 103 0.00022132 103 100%
1908 112 0.000229203 112 100%
1909 97 0.000189741 97 100%
1910 109 0.000184523 109 100%
1911 111 0.000172286 111 100%
1912 169 0.000171042 169 100%
1913 122 0.00010729 122 100%
1914 165 0.000116497 160 5 94%
1915 195 0.000106416 195 100%
1916 220 0.000113729 220 100%
1917 218 0.000108633 213 5 95%
1918 257 0.000118373 257 100%
1919 248 0.000117522 242 6 95%
1920 243 0.000107397 243 100%
1921 202 0.000086528 197 5 95%
1922 195 0.000085184 195 100%
1923 169 0.000073399 169 100%
1924 194 0.000081458 194 100%
1925 156 0.000066858 156 100%
1926 162 0.00007056 162 100%
1927 125 0.000053894 125 100%
1928 111 0.000049095 111 100%
1929 116 0.000052916 116 100%
1930 123 0.000055323 117 6 90%
1931 104 0.000049421 104 100%
1932 106 0.000050206 106 100%
1933 102 0.000051014 102 100%
1934 110 0.000052966 110 100%
1935 100 0.000047849 100 100%
1936 79 0.000038025 79 100%
1937 69 0.000032384 69 100%
1938 88 0.000039773 88 100%
1939 65 0.000029499 65 100%
1940 84 0.000036479 84 100%
1941 72 0.000029551 72 100%
1942 73 0.000026722 73 100%
1943 62 0.000021966 62 100%
1944 60 0.000022304 60 100%
1945 59 0.00002224 59 100%
1946 52 0.000016274 52 100%
1947 55 0.000015268 55 100%
1948 61 0.000017668 61 100%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 100%
1950 45 0.000012845 45 100%
1951 46 0.000012487 46 100%
1952 55 0.000014481 55 100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 100%
1954 52 0.000013063 52 100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 31 0.000007974 31 100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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