Female name
Vesta
8,208 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1918.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Vesta”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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In the United States
Peak in 1918: 257 births. 8,208 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1890s to the 1930s. It is still given: 30 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
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