Vanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,683 babies named Vanda between 1893 and 2002, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Vanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Vanda in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,683 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.