Veda

#738 for girls in 2025, 370 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1901 · 52 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,071
since 1881

Veda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Veda has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #414, 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#738370
2024#692410
2023#815342
2022#889313
2021#871313
2020#918283
2019#849316#12,1455
2018#893302
2017#856319
2016#883319
2015#937289
2014#1,118227
2013#1,138211
2012#1,326177
2011#1,189202
2010#1,456155
2009#1,676133
2008#1,685132
2007#2,10196
2006#2,45975
2005#1,95098
2004#2,55665
2003#2,57762
2002#2,37967
2001#2,92449
2000#2,50860
1999#2,73750
1998#4,02328
1997#3,62631
1996#2,96640
1995#4,09925
1994#4,23824
1993#3,15836
1992#5,05119
1991#7,98710
1990#5,28617
1989#6,95511
1988
1987#4,12220
1986#4,53917
1985#6,45710
1984#4,16618
1983#3,80620
1982#3,34425
1981#3,14727
1980#3,31825
1979#3,66821
1978#2,51634
1977#3,61220
1976#2,79227
1975#2,68028
1974#2,43331
1973#1,97941
1972#2,17335
1971#1,54663
1970#1,82848
1969#1,63554
1968#1,47359
1967#1,23974
1966#1,21378
1965#1,25673
1964#1,078102
1963#1,026108
1962#1,074101
1961#1,005116
1960#943128
1959#965119
1958#933122
1957#1,06795
1956#969108
1955#1,11879
1954#831128
1953#906107
1952#95496
1951#96193
1950#90097
1949#93091
1948#720137
1947#650164
1946#562200
1945#82483
1944#96465
1943#96567
1942#84482
1941#87170
1940#79080
1939#84868
1938#72489
1937#70095
1936#66299
1935#654101
1934#607118
1933#637106
1932#68897
1931#67897
1930#615126
1929#571143
1928#602137
1927#587145
1926#544166
1925#553169
1924#560167
1923#566162
1922#552166
1921#518188
1920#497193
1919#534164
1918#545167
1917#510169
1916#491171
1915#476168
1914#515118
1913#491107
1912#476101
1911#48274
1910#50365
1909#50056
1908#46460
1907#46659
1906#47751
1905#45854
1904#52040
1903#44252
1902#42952
1901#41452
1900#46852
1899#41450
1898#44846
1897#44044
1896#47837
1895#44041
1894#51631
1893#61422
1892#57923
1891#62418
1890#49927
1889#58919
1888#48626
1887#56016
1886#8288
1885#52017
1884#7319
1883
1882#9085
1881#7406
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Veda! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Veda is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #451 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,436 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedSDIowa: #333 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,957 girlsIAIndiana: #397 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,742 girlsINOhio: #418 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,997 girlsOHPennsylvania: #443 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,926 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #402 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,911 girlsCAUtah: #171 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 743 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #211 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,374 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNMKansas: #213 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,345 girlsKSArkansas: #256 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,366 girlsARTennessee: #406 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,851 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #355 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,620 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMSAlabama: #507 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,171 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedHITexas: #521 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,095 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#171 · 1 in 743
  2. Missouri#211 · 1 in 1,374
  3. Kansas#213 · 1 in 1,345
  4. Arkansas#256 · 1 in 1,366
  5. Iowa#333 · 1 in 2,957

Best ever in a state: #117 in South Dakota, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#17161 in 743
Missouri#211211 in 1,374
Kansas#213111 in 1,345
Arkansas#256121 in 1,366
Iowa#33371 in 2,957
Oklahoma#35571 in 2,620
Indiana#39751 in 4,742
California#40251 in 3,911
Tennessee#40661 in 3,851
Ohio#41881 in 5,997
Pennsylvania#443101 in 8,926
Illinois#45191 in 6,436
Alabama#50751 in 5,171
Texas#521111 in 4,095
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Veda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 46 spots since 2024 (#692#738)
  • 180 spots since 2020 (#918#738)
  • 199 spots since 2015 (#937#738)
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1887 (#828#560)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1886 (#520#828)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1901 at #414 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 88 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1884–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,952
  • Highest: 1 in 3,952 girls born in 2024 were named Veda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,344 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #414 in 1901, was only 1 in 4,603 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Veda (2,517) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s106#486 (1888)#670
1890s339#414 (1899)#505
1900s528#414 (1901)#464
1910s1,304#476 (1915)#502
1920s1,636#497 (1920)#555
1930s996#607 (1934)#681
1940s1,039#562 (1946)#812
1950s1,044#831 (1954)#960
1960s893#943 (1960)#1,194
1970s348#1,546 (1971)#2,523
1980s173#3,147 (1981)#4,428
1990s280#2,737 (1999)#4,317
2000s837#1,676 (2009)#2,282
2010s2,517#849 (2019)#1,065
2020s2,031#692 (2024)#821

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.

Veda in 1916

girls
#491
171 births · 1 in 6,107 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #491Veda171
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 6,107 of them was named Veda, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Veda
  1. #488Lona173
  2. #488Una173
  3. #490Queen172
  4. #491Veda171
  5. #491Floy171
  6. #491Marcia171
  7. #494Belva170
  8. #494Hettie170
  9. #494Mathilda170

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

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 567Trinidad#1,317#750
  2. 388Coral#1,367#979
  3. 377Coletta#1,317#940
  4. 370Clifford#1,285#915
  5. 327Maida#1,231#904
Fallers
  1. 364Louis#934#1,298
  2. 354Herminia#944#1,298
  3. 346Gertha#900#1,246
  4. 344Lahoma#934#1,278
  5. 310Hassie#900#1,210

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

See the top 100 for 1916