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
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,927since 1880
Vada over time
Rank among girls' names. Vada has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #884 | 302 | — | |
| 2024 | #955 | 273 | — | |
| 2023 | #829 | 331 | — | |
| 2022 | #848 | 331 | — | |
| 2021 | #855 | 320 | — | |
| 2020 | #810 | 335 | — | |
| 2019 | #886 | 304 | — | |
| 2018 | #987 | 267 | — | |
| 2017 | #978 | 267 | — | |
| 2016 | #905 | 307 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,082 | 242 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,215 | 201 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,301 | 180 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,445 | 158 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,469 | 152 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,077 | 95 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,354 | 82 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,457 | 76 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,940 | 58 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,239 | 81 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,640 | 47 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,319 | 62 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,402 | 48 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,201 | 57 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,135 | 62 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,079 | 68 | — | |
| 1946 | #979 | 73 | — | |
| 1945 | #856 | 77 | — | |
| 1944 | #937 | 68 | — | |
| 1943 | #824 | 89 | — | |
| 1942 | #921 | 72 | — | |
| 1941 | #876 | 69 | — | |
| 1940 | #665 | 108 | — | |
| 1939 | #688 | 98 | — | |
| 1938 | #698 | 97 | — | |
| 1937 | #643 | 111 | — | |
| 1936 | #644 | 105 | — | |
| 1935 | #556 | 132 | — | |
| 1934 | #576 | 126 | — | |
| 1933 | #603 | 116 | — | |
| 1932 | #528 | 154 | — | |
| 1931 | #561 | 136 | — | |
| 1930 | #485 | 188 | — | |
| 1929 | #571 | 143 | — | |
| 1928 | #525 | 175 | — | |
| 1927 | #559 | 161 | — | |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 | — | |
| 1925 | #426 | 263 | — | |
| 1924 | #495 | 200 | — | |
| 1923 | #514 | 185 | — | |
| 1922 | #523 | 180 | — | |
| 1921 | #474 | 212 | — | |
| 1920 | #494 | 194 | — | |
| 1919 | #449 | 216 | — | |
| 1918 | #448 | 220 | — | |
| 1917 | #469 | 191 | — | |
| 1916 | #444 | 202 | — | |
| 1915 | #434 | 197 | — | |
| 1914 | #456 | 144 | — | |
| 1913 | #392 | 153 | — | |
| 1912 | #379 | 146 | — | |
| 1911 | #391 | 106 | — | |
| 1910 | #378 | 107 | — | |
| 1909 | #387 | 90 | — | |
| 1908 | #405 | 81 | — | |
| 1907 | #414 | 73 | — | |
| 1906 | #362 | 86 | — | |
| 1905 | #409 | 68 | — | |
| 1904 | #365 | 80 | — | |
| 1903 | #376 | 72 | — | |
| 1902 | #357 | 80 | — | |
| 1901 | #331 | 84 | — | |
| 1900 | #427 | 61 | — | |
| 1899 | #352 | 71 | — | |
| 1898 | #338 | 85 | — | |
| 1897 | #351 | 70 | — | |
| 1896 | #343 | 72 | — | |
| 1895 | #374 | 56 | — | |
| 1894 | #399 | 49 | — | |
| 1893 | #383 | 50 | — | |
| 1892 | #409 | 42 | — | |
| 1891 | #404 | 37 | — | |
| 1890 | #384 | 42 | — | |
| 1889 | #393 | 38 | — | |
| 1888 | #476 | 27 | — | |
| 1887 | #424 | 27 | — | |
| 1886 | #352 | 37 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #438 | 21 | — | |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | — | |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
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.
Where Vada is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#656 · 1 in 9,981
- California#1,600 · 1 in 35,025
Best ever in a state: #98 in Kansas, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 9,981 |
| California | #1,600 | 5 | 1 in 35,025 |
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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 Vada
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #331 (84 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1946
- 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%)
- 16.8% of all girls named Vada (2,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 222 | #352 (1886) | #460 |
| 1890s | 574 | #338 (1898) | #374 |
| 1900s | 775 | #331 (1901) | #383 |
| 1910s | 1,682 | #378 (1910) | #424 |
| 1920s | 1,877 | #426 (1925) | #513 |
| 1930s | 1,263 | #485 (1930) | #598 |
| 1940s | 743 | #665 (1940) | #947 |
| 1950s | 464 | #1,299 (1953) | #1,512 |
| 1960s | 272 | #1,640 (1961) | #2,600 |
| 1970s | 121 | #3,435 (1970) | #5,026 |
| 1980s | 62 | #4,963 (1981) | #8,575 |
| 1990s | 219 | #2,991 (1999) | #4,967 |
| 2000s | 588 | #2,239 (2005) | #2,890 |
| 2010s | 2,173 | #886 (2019) | #1,235 |
| 2020s | 1,892 | #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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 42,947 of them was named Vada, which outranked 78.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,627Noelle48
- #1,627Sindy48
- #1,627Whitney48
- #1,640Vada47
- #1,640Cindee47
- #1,640Cindie47
- #1,640Dorine47
- #1,666Annabel46
- #1,666Arnita46
- #1,666Belva46
Tied with 25 names at #1,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 64,370 of them was named Vada, which outranked 70.2% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,368Shon34
- #1,368Wayland34
- #1,368Wynn34
- #1,388Vada33
- #1,388Abner33
- #1,388Anson33
- #1,388Dann33
- #1,406Antione32
- #1,406Arlin32
- #1,406Bertrand32
Tied with 17 names at #1,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.