Unisex name · since 1913
Vadis
Vadis has 87 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
87 girls have been named Vadis since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Vadis has 87 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1938.
- #28,755 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vadis ranks #28,755 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #28,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Vadis's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vadis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vadis's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vadis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1938
- Peak year (1915)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Vadis popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1927 (Vadis as boys' name)
Vadis by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (35 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Vadis's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Vadis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
28 births
- 1930s
1930s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 35 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Vadis's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 1930s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vadis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1938 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vadis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.