Vail Girl
How popular is Vail?
#6,115 girl name in 2025
19 baby girls were named Vail in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
507living people named Vail (est.)
8median age of people named Vail
547babies named Vail since 1880
1 in 132,614US babies born in 2025
Vail popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,115 for girls (▼ 1225 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 19 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (53 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,049 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 12% boys, 88% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Vail counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Vail family of names ranked #3,033 for girls in 2025 (#2,555 the year before), with 32 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vail | 19 | 59% |
| Vale | 13 | 41% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Vail by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1990s | 6 | #12,420 |
| 2000s | 36 | #7,823 |
| 2010s | 235 | #3,049 |
| 2020s | 147 | #4,077 |
Girl names about as popular as Vail
Questions
- Is Vail a boy or girl name?
- Vail is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Vail were girls.
- How popular is the name Vail?
- 19 baby girls were named Vail in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Vail most popular?
- Vail peaked in 2018, when 53 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,049 in 2018.
- How many people are named Vail?
- 547 babies have been named Vail in the US since 1880. We estimate about 507 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.