Girls' name · since 1972
Vidya
Vidya has 487 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,053 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,159 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 487
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vidya currently ranks #11159 among girls' names in America, with 487 babies recorded since 1972.
Vidya has 487 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11159 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #12,053 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,159 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 487 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vidya ranks #12,053 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,159 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 487 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,053 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,159 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 487
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vidya's 487 recorded births place it above 83.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vidya compares
487 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vidya's all-time total is 30% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vidya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 487 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vidya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vidya splits its recorded history at 2000: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vidya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Vidya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (131 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Vidya's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Vidya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 131 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Vidya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- 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 Vidya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Vidya 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.