Vidya — #8527 US girls' name
479 babies named Vidya in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Vidya was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Vidya in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vidya
The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Vidya between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vidya currently holds the #8527 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vidya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vidya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vidya 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 479 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.
Vidya at a glance
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Current rank
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Vidya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #8527 among girls.
479 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 17 births in a single year.
Vidya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 131 births that decade — 27% of Vidya's all-time total
Vidya decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vidya's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.