Vida
Vida was given to 187 girls in 2025, #1,218 among girls’ names; 12,473 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,990 Americans named Vida and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 7 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vida by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Vida?
#1,218 among girls’ names, 2025
Vida rose from #1,292 in 2015 to #1,218 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.10 to 0.12 per 1,000.
277 babies in 2022, the peak
Vida peaked in 2022, when 277 girls were given it, #965 among girls’ names. The 187 births of 2025 are 68% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #1,218 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 247 | #1,024 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 230 | #1,080 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 277 | #965 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 261 | #991 | 0.16 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,270 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 192 | #1,227 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 168 | #1,345 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 162 | #1,415 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 146 | #1,543 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 187 | #1,292 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 177 | #1,339 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 179 | #1,317 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,590 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 137 | #1,591 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,545 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,062 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,417 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,290 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,350 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,929 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,259 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,932 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,887 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,352 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,781 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 29 | #4,081 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 17 | #6,053 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,501 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,726 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,208 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,589 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,192 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,297 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,236 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,514 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,143 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,830 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,418 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,532 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,632 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,718 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,689 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 30 | #3,015 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,853 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,535 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,073 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,095 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,173 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,183 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,678 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,916 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,266 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,171 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,802 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,520 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,581 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,202 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,730 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 59 | #1,447 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 62 | #1,405 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 84 | #1,210 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 87 | #1,179 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 70 | #1,330 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 90 | #1,166 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 85 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 75 | #1,242 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 77 | #1,219 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 85 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 72 | #1,235 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,184 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 81 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 78 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 52 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 76 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 66 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 50 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 64 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 81 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 57 | #1,031 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 69 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 78 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 71 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 57 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 66 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 78 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 94 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 78 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 97 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 116 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 106 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 100 | #677 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 129 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 134 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 159 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 164 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 159 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 156 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 188 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 164 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 182 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 220 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 200 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 220 | #458 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 191 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1918 | 220 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 193 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 193 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 187 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 166 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1913 | 135 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1912 | 113 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 101 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1910 | 65 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 83 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 74 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1907 | 78 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1906 | 76 | #396 | 0.26 |
| 1905 | 89 | #356 | 0.31 |
| 1904 | 77 | #376 | 0.28 |
| 1903 | 95 | #320 | 0.36 |
| 1902 | 71 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1901 | 84 | #336 | 0.35 |
| 1900 | 81 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1899 | 65 | #365 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 74 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 72 | #347 | 0.31 |
| 1896 | 80 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1895 | 78 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1894 | 56 | #376 | 0.25 |
| 1893 | 57 | #358 | 0.27 |
| 1892 | 53 | #369 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 61 | #322 | 0.33 |
| 1890 | 45 | #377 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 45 | #361 | 0.25 |
| 1888 | 52 | #336 | 0.29 |
| 1887 | 40 | #343 | 0.27 |
| 1886 | 43 | #324 | 0.30 |
| 1885 | 25 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 32 | #357 | 0.25 |
| 1883 | 22 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 21 | #404 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 14 | #469 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 13 | #490 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vida a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vida has been given almost only to girls: 38 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Vida: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vida, and how old are they?
5,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 12,473 Americans ever recorded as Vida. The median Vida alive today is 17 years old; half are between 7 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 6,808 people named Vida (6,710 women and girls, 98 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,193 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 414 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,110 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 559 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 298 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,570 |
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 Vida born?
The states with the most babies named Vida are California, Texas and Florida, with 70% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 52 | #614 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 21 | #1,262 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 17 | #953 | 1.1× |
| New York | 10 | #1,408 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 9 | #629 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,232 | 0.7× |
| Washington | 6 | #1,035 | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 6 | #1,027 | 0.1× |
Where Vida is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vida is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Vida 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 13,574 babies since 1880, Vida is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 187 of their 204 babies (92%), 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 Vida
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 Vida and names like it
- Compare Vida and VidhiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sVida peaked in 2022.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vida since 1910.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Vida.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Vida alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.