Vashti vs Vasiliki
American parents have registered 2,355 Vashtis since 1880, against 1,227 Vasilikis. Vashti is still ahead, with 12 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Vashti Vasiliki
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 138 years in which either name was published, Vashti for 111 years and Vasiliki for 27 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1882–1962 Vashti ahead
- 1963–1985 Vasiliki ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1986–2023 Vashti ahead, apart from 3 short spells
6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Vashti | Vasiliki | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,355 | 1,227 |
| Most in one year | 40 | 35 |
| Babies in 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 1,400 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 33 | 36 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 1976 |
| Best rank | 1,232nd girls | 2,334th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,362nd | 8,860th |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1920 |
| Girls / boys | 2,355 / 0 | 1,227 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Vasilikis alive today are over 36; half the Vashtis are over 33. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Vashti and Vasiliki.