# Vesta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vesta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “to dwell”, “hestia”, “to be”, “abide dwell” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɛstə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,208 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27 / 8,181 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”). Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 17,526 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,318 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15,153 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,862 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13,285 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,727 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16,396 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,720 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,816 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,434 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,360 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13,377 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,342 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12,115 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,537 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 5 | 3,736 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,568 |
| 1919 | 6 | 4,136 |
| 1921 | 5 | 4,937 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,977 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## People named Vesta

- Vesta Williams, American R&B singer (1957-2011)
- Vesta Tilley, English music hall performer and male impersonator (1864–1952)
- Vesta M. Roy, American politician (1925-2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.