girls:
676 births since 1918
#5040 (12th percentile)
boys:
171 births since 2007
#4415 (4th percentile)
overall:
847 births since 1918
#6892 (11th percentile)
The name Vega is the #6,892 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 847 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,040 (11.8% percentile) for all time with 676 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,415 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 171 births since 2007.
Vega first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Vega is available in 28 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Vega has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.3% of babies named Vega were girls.
For girls, Vega reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #898) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2010, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Vega ranks #907 for girls (4.2% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 90.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Vega reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #902) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Vega is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #902 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vega".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Vega. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Vega is pronounced as VAY-guh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VEE-guh, at 17.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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