| Vesta | Venus | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Hearth fire | Love, beauty |
| Origin | latin | latin |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | VES-tə | VEE-nus |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 1887 |
| Peak year | 1918 (257) | 1959 (295) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 96 |
| Trend | Vintage | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Vesta | Venus |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 35 | 813 |
| 2010s | 57 | 866 |
| 2000s | 45 | 748 |
| 1990s | 66 | 511 |
| 1980s | 83 | 1,015 |
| 1970s | 123 | 2,116 |
| 1960s | 223 | 1,767 |
| 1950s | 414 | 937 |
| 1940s | 628 | 186 |
| 1930s | 940 | 175 |
| 1920s | 1,668 | 319 |
| 1910s | 1,798 | 274 |
| 1900s | 1,031 | 116 |
| 1890s | 750 | 96 |
| 1880s | 320 | 17 |
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.
The Roman goddess of love and beauty. The Latin word venus means 'love, charm, desire'; the goddess personifies beauty, and the name is used as a direct emblem of it.
Venus is more popular than Vesta today: about 96 US babies were given the name Venus in 2025, compared with 0 named Vesta.
Vesta means Hearth fire (latin origin), while Venus means Love, beauty (latin origin).
In US records, Vesta first appears in 0 and Venus in 1887, so Vesta has the longer recorded history.