girls:
125 births since 1907
#5591 (2nd percentile)
boys:
367 births since 1907
#4219 (8th percentile)
overall:
492 births since 1907
#7247 (6th percentile)
The name Vestal is the #7,247 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 492 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,219 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 367 births since 1907. For girls, it ranks #5,591 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 125 births since 1907.
Vestal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 . Birth data for Vestal is available in 40 out of the 51 years between 1907 and 1957 (39 years for boys and 16 years for girls). 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 Vestal has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.6% of all recorded births being male. In 1957, 100.0% of babies named Vestal were boys. Interestingly, until around 1916, the name was more popular for girls (57.4% girls from 1907 to 1915), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.1% boys from 1916 to 1957).
For boys, Vestal reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #533) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 32 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1957.
For girls, Vestal reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #601) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 18 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1929.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vestal".
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