Is Vail a boy or girl name?

Vail is a unisex name. Of the 547 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 79.3% were girls and 20.7% were boys.

Vail

Recorded 1915–2025 · United States

Vail was most popular in 2018, when 59 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,986 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 547 people named Vail.

Vail over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vail’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vail a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vail is a unisex name — 79.3% of the 547 Americans given it were girls and 20.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 88% girls and 12% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org