Is Vega a boy or girl name?

Vega is a unisex name. Of the 936 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 79.7% were girls and 20.3% were boys.

Vega

Recorded 1918–2025 · United States

Vega was most popular in 2019, when 63 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,782 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 936 people named Vega.

Vega over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vega’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vega a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vega is a unisex name — 79.7% of the 936 Americans given it were girls and 20.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 77% girls and 23% 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