Vashti vs Vasilios
American parents have registered 2,355 Vashtis since 1880, against 1,500 Vasilioses. But in 2025 it was Vasilios that was commoner, 18 babies to 12.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Vashti Vasilios
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 139 years in which either name was published, Vashti for 95 years and Vasilios for 44 years. The lead changed hands 19 times.
- 1882–1959 Vashti ahead
- 1965–1987 Vasilios ahead
- 1988–2002 Vashti ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2005–2022 Vasilios ahead, apart from 2 short spells
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Vashti | Vasilios | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,355 | 1,500 |
| Most in one year | 40 | 45 |
| Babies in 2025 | 12 | 18 |
| Estimated living today | 1,400 | 1,400 |
| Median age today | 33 | 33 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 1975 |
| Best rank | 1,232nd girls | 1,280th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,362nd | 5,208th |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1923 |
| Girls / boys | 2,355 / 0 | 0 / 1,500 |
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.
Where each one is strongest
- Vashti North Carolina (10.5×), New York (2.3×)
- Vasilios New York (9.4×), Illinois (2.8×), Massachusetts (2.5×)
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 Vasilios.