NameTides

Vesper

Vesper was the #2,458 girls' name in the US in 2025 (72 babies), and #1,454 in England & Wales.

Vesper as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Vesper as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Vesper as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,458 (72)#1,454 (21)—
2024#2,749 (62)#3,016 (8)#2,975 (6)
2023#2,258 (82)#2,201 (12)#1,898 (11)
2022#2,661 (65)#1,685 (17)#1,727 (12)
2021#3,157 (51)#2,942 (8)#2,021 (10)
2020#3,546 (42)#3,447 (6)—
2019#3,851 (38)#2,869 (8)—
2018#3,438 (45)#3,178 (7)#2,151 (9)
2017#2,530 (70)#2,502 (10)#2,876 (6)
2016#3,010 (55)#2,008 (14)#2,383 (8)
2015#3,478 (45)#3,252 (7)#3,286 (5)
2014#3,112 (53)#2,203 (12)#3,316 (5)
2013#4,156 (35)#2,176 (12)#2,376 (8)
2012#4,707 (30)#2,215 (12)—
2011#4,151 (35)#3,549 (6)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,258.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1902.
  • In 2025, 90% of US babies named Vesper were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Vesper is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Vesper by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Vesper (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
VesperCanadaGirls—too few
VesperEngland & WalesGirls#1,45421
VesperUSGirls#2,45872
VesperUSBoys#8,9108