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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 52 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,071since 1881
Veda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Veda has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #738 | 370 | — | |
| 2024 | #692 | 410 | — | |
| 2023 | #815 | 342 | — | |
| 2022 | #889 | 313 | — | |
| 2021 | #871 | 313 | — | |
| 2020 | #918 | 283 | — | |
| 2019 | #849 | 316 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #893 | 302 | — | |
| 2017 | #856 | 319 | — | |
| 2016 | #883 | 319 | — | |
| 2015 | #937 | 289 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,118 | 227 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,138 | 211 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,326 | 177 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,189 | 202 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,456 | 155 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,676 | 133 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,685 | 132 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,101 | 96 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,459 | 75 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,950 | 98 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,546 | 63 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,635 | 54 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,213 | 78 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,078 | 102 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,026 | 108 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,074 | 101 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,005 | 116 | — | |
| 1960 | #943 | 128 | — | |
| 1959 | #965 | 119 | — | |
| 1958 | #933 | 122 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,067 | 95 | — | |
| 1956 | #969 | 108 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,118 | 79 | — | |
| 1954 | #831 | 128 | — | |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 | — | |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 | — | |
| 1951 | #961 | 93 | — | |
| 1950 | #900 | 97 | — | |
| 1949 | #930 | 91 | — | |
| 1948 | #720 | 137 | — | |
| 1947 | #650 | 164 | — | |
| 1946 | #562 | 200 | — | |
| 1945 | #824 | 83 | — | |
| 1944 | #964 | 65 | — | |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 | — | |
| 1942 | #844 | 82 | — | |
| 1941 | #871 | 70 | — | |
| 1940 | #790 | 80 | — | |
| 1939 | #848 | 68 | — | |
| 1938 | #724 | 89 | — | |
| 1937 | #700 | 95 | — | |
| 1936 | #662 | 99 | — | |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 | — | |
| 1934 | #607 | 118 | — | |
| 1933 | #637 | 106 | — | |
| 1932 | #688 | 97 | — | |
| 1931 | #678 | 97 | — | |
| 1930 | #615 | 126 | — | |
| 1929 | #571 | 143 | — | |
| 1928 | #602 | 137 | — | |
| 1927 | #587 | 145 | — | |
| 1926 | #544 | 166 | — | |
| 1925 | #553 | 169 | — | |
| 1924 | #560 | 167 | — | |
| 1923 | #566 | 162 | — | |
| 1922 | #552 | 166 | — | |
| 1921 | #518 | 188 | — | |
| 1920 | #497 | 193 | — | |
| 1919 | #534 | 164 | — | |
| 1918 | #545 | 167 | — | |
| 1917 | #510 | 169 | — | |
| 1916 | #491 | 171 | — | |
| 1915 | #476 | 168 | — | |
| 1914 | #515 | 118 | — | |
| 1913 | #491 | 107 | — | |
| 1912 | #476 | 101 | — | |
| 1911 | #482 | 74 | — | |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | — | |
| 1909 | #500 | 56 | — | |
| 1908 | #464 | 60 | — | |
| 1907 | #466 | 59 | — | |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 | — | |
| 1905 | #458 | 54 | — | |
| 1904 | #520 | 40 | — | |
| 1903 | #442 | 52 | — | |
| 1902 | #429 | 52 | — | |
| 1901 | #414 | 52 | — | |
| 1900 | #468 | 52 | — | |
| 1899 | #414 | 50 | — | |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | — | |
| 1897 | #440 | 44 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | — | |
| 1894 | #516 | 31 | — | |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 | — | |
| 1892 | #579 | 23 | — | |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | — | |
| 1890 | #499 | 27 | — | |
| 1889 | #589 | 19 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 106 | #486 (1888) | #670 |
| 1890s | 339 | #414 (1899) | #505 |
| 1900s | 528 | #414 (1901) | #464 |
| 1910s | 1,304 | #476 (1915) | #502 |
| 1920s | 1,636 | #497 (1920) | #555 |
| 1930s | 996 | #607 (1934) | #681 |
| 1940s | 1,039 | #562 (1946) | #812 |
| 1950s | 1,044 | #831 (1954) | #960 |
| 1960s | 893 | #943 (1960) | #1,194 |
| 1970s | 348 | #1,546 (1971) | #2,523 |
| 1980s | 173 | #3,147 (1981) | #4,428 |
| 1990s | 280 | #2,737 (1999) | #4,317 |
| 2000s | 837 | #1,676 (2009) | #2,282 |
| 2010s | 2,517 | #849 (2019) | #1,065 |
| 2020s | 2,031 | #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 2024
girls
#692
410 births · 1 in 3,952 girls
Top girls' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 3,952 of them was named Veda, which outranked 96.1% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).