| Vesta | Cordelia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Hearth fire | Of debated origin, “heart” |
| Origin | latin | Latin |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | VES-tə | kor-DEEL-yuh |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 1880 |
| Peak year | 1918 (257) | 2015 (286) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 258 |
| Trend | Vintage | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Vesta | Cordelia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 35 | 1,458 |
| 2010s | 57 | 2,277 |
| 2000s | 45 | 1,218 |
| 1990s | 66 | 367 |
| 1980s | 83 | 338 |
| 1970s | 123 | 352 |
| 1960s | 223 | 566 |
| 1950s | 414 | 772 |
| 1940s | 628 | 780 |
| 1930s | 940 | 839 |
| 1920s | 1,668 | 1,131 |
| 1910s | 1,798 | 1,087 |
| 1900s | 1,031 | 600 |
| 1890s | 750 | 575 |
| 1880s | 320 | 546 |
Roman goddess of the hearth and its sacred, ever-burning fire, tended by the Vestal Virgins; the Roman counterpart of Greek Hestia. The fire link is the perpetual flame central to her cult.
A literary name of debated roots, often linked to the Latin cor, “heart.” Cordelia is King Lear’s loyal daughter.
Cordelia is more popular than Vesta today: about 258 US babies were given the name Cordelia in 2025, compared with 0 named Vesta.
Vesta means Hearth fire (latin origin), while Cordelia means Of debated origin, “heart” (Latin origin).
In US records, Vesta first appears in 0 and Cordelia in 1880, so Vesta has the longer recorded history.