Vada
Vada was given to 302 girls in 2025, #886 among girls’ names; 13,089 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,440 Americans named Vada and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 6 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vada by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vada mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vada is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vada?
#886 among girls’ names, 2025
Vada rose from #1,084 in 2015 to #886 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.14 to 0.19 per 1,000.
335 babies in 2020, the peak
Vada peaked in 2020, when 335 girls were given it, #813 among girls’ names. The 302 births of 2025 are 90% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 302 | #886 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 273 | #958 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 331 | #830 | 0.21 |
| 2022 | 331 | #848 | 0.20 |
| 2021 | 320 | #858 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 335 | #813 | 0.21 |
| 2019 | 304 | #887 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 267 | #989 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 267 | #982 | 0.15 |
| 2016 | 307 | #908 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 242 | #1,084 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 201 | #1,220 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 180 | #1,306 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 158 | #1,450 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,479 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,092 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,508 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,379 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,481 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,975 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,250 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,324 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,405 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,188 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,623 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,161 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 44 | #3,042 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,349 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,805 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,574 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,769 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,605 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,764 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,633 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,458 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,798 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,804 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,754 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,630 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #9,104 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 8 | #8,194 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,243 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,772 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,167 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,620 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,522 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,353 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,500 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #5,002 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,956 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,533 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,520 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,569 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,184 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,476 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,074 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,302 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,533 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,525 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,920 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,459 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,664 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,745 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 32 | #2,014 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,726 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,442 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,516 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,392 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,347 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 57 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 62 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 68 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 73 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 77 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 68 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 89 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 72 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 69 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 108 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 98 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 97 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 111 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 105 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 132 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 126 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 116 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 154 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 136 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 188 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1929 | 143 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 175 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 161 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 164 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 263 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 200 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 185 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 180 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 212 | #474 | 0.17 |
| 1920 | 194 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 216 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 220 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 191 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 202 | #445 | 0.19 |
| 1915 | 197 | #436 | 0.20 |
| 1914 | 144 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 153 | #394 | 0.24 |
| 1912 | 146 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1911 | 106 | #391 | 0.25 |
| 1910 | 107 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1909 | 90 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 81 | #408 | 0.24 |
| 1907 | 73 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1906 | 86 | #363 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 68 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 80 | #369 | 0.29 |
| 1903 | 72 | #379 | 0.27 |
| 1902 | 80 | #361 | 0.30 |
| 1901 | 84 | #334 | 0.35 |
| 1900 | 61 | #428 | 0.20 |
| 1899 | 71 | #353 | 0.30 |
| 1898 | 85 | #339 | 0.33 |
| 1897 | 70 | #353 | 0.30 |
| 1896 | 72 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1895 | 56 | #375 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 49 | #403 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 50 | #385 | 0.23 |
| 1892 | 42 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1891 | 37 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 42 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1889 | 38 | #397 | 0.21 |
| 1888 | 27 | #485 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 27 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 37 | #355 | 0.26 |
| 1885 | 21 | #468 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 21 | #448 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 16 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 16 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 10 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 9 | #626 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vada a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 13,089 Americans recorded as Vada, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 302 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vada: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vada, and how old are they?
6,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 13,089 Americans ever recorded as Vada. The median Vada alive today is 11 years old; half are between 6 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 4,791 people named Vada (4,623 women and girls, 168 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,218 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 514 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 773 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 237 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 191 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,070 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,640 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vada born?
The states with the most babies named Vada are Ohio, Pennsylvania and California, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 23 | #481 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #513 | 0.5× |
| California | 20 | #1,271 | 0.4× |
| Texas | 18 | #1,401 | 1.0× |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #363 | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 13 | #478 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 13 | #600 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 12 | #793 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 11 | #499 | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 10 | #648 | 1.0× |
Where Vada is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vada is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vada with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 18,731 babies since 1880, Vada is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 302 of their 626 babies (48%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vada
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vada and names like it
- Compare Vada and VaydaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sVada peaked in 2020.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vada since 1910.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Vada.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Vada alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.