Vada

#884 for girls in 2025, 302 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1901 · 84 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,927
since 1880

Vada over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vada has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #331, 1901girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#884302
2024#955273
2023#829331
2022#848331
2021#855320
2020#810335
2019#886304
2018#987267
2017#978267
2016#905307
2015#1,082242
2014#1,215201
2013#1,301180
2012#1,445158
2011#1,469152
2010#2,07795
2009#2,48576
2008#2,35482
2007#2,45776
2006#2,94058
2005#2,23981
2004#3,26546
2003#3,34743
2002#3,14645
2001#3,54937
2000#3,12144
1999#2,99144
1998#5,12320
1997#4,66022
1996#4,45323
1995#3,67029
1994#3,53631
1993#3,68129
1992#6,31414
1991#10,2717
1990
1989#9,6817#6,9416
1988#11,7985
1987
1986#10,9125
1985#9,3076
1984#8,1537
1983#6,2385
1982#7,4698
1981#4,96314
1980#6,31910
1979#5,75111
1978#6,9488
1977#5,21312
1976#4,15415
1975#5,16111
1974#4,72012
1973#3,78716
1972#5,9598
1971#5,13610#3,9637
1970#3,43518
1969#3,95813
1968#4,22211
1967#2,96318#2,35212
1966#2,24928#3,2497
1965#2,46424#2,7809
1964#2,47525#1,79320
1963#1,89438#1,74421
1962#2,41425#1,58825
1961#1,64047#1,38833
1960#1,72543#2,53511
1959#1,98532#3,6196
1958#1,76238
1957#1,70540
1956#1,31962
1955#1,42350
1954#1,50545
1953#1,29956
1952#1,40248
1951#1,38346
1950#1,33347
1949#1,20157
1948#1,13562
1947#1,07968
1946#97973
1945#85677
1944#93768
1943#82489
1942#92172
1941#87669
1940#665108
1939#68898
1938#69897
1937#643111
1936#644105
1935#556132
1934#576126
1933#603116
1932#528154
1931#561136
1930#485188
1929#571143
1928#525175
1927#559161
1926#547164
1925#426263
1924#495200
1923#514185
1922#523180
1921#474212
1920#494194
1919#449216
1918#448220
1917#469191
1916#444202
1915#434197
1914#456144
1913#392153
1912#379146
1911#391106
1910#378107
1909#38790
1908#40581
1907#41473
1906#36286
1905#40968
1904#36580
1903#37672
1902#35780
1901#33184
1900#42761
1899#35271
1898#33885
1897#35170
1896#34372
1895#37456
1894#39949
1893#38350
1892#40942
1891#40437
1890#38442
1889#39338
1888#47627
1887#42427
1886#35237
1885#45921
1884#43821
1883#48016
1882#45816
1881#53910
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vada was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Vada
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#955#884)
  • 74 spots since 2020 (#810#884)
  • 198 spots since 2015 (#1,082#884)
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 2016 (#1,082#905)
  • Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1941 (#665#876)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #331 (84 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,849
  • Highest: 1 in 2,849 girls born in 1901 were named Vada (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,322 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 16.8% of all girls named Vada (2,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s222#352 (1886)#460
1890s574#338 (1898)#374
1900s775#331 (1901)#383
1910s1,682#378 (1910)#424
1920s1,877#426 (1925)#513
1930s1,263#485 (1930)#598
1940s743#665 (1940)#947
1950s464#1,299 (1953)#1,512
1960s272#1,640 (1961)#2,600
1970s121#3,435 (1970)#5,026
1980s62#4,963 (1981)#8,575
1990s219#2,991 (1999)#4,967
2000s588#2,239 (2005)#2,890
2010s2,173#886 (2019)#1,235
2020s1,892#810 (2020)#864

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vada in 1937

girls
#643
111 births · 1 in 9,586 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #643Vada111
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 9,586 of them was named Vada, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vada
  1. #640Benita112
  2. #640Edythe112
  3. #640Louisa112
  4. #643Vada111
  5. #643Birdie111
  6. #643Esperanza111
  7. #646Adelaide110
  8. #646Berta110
  9. #646Dorene110

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937