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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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
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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—
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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 2015

  • 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: #931 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,224 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #216 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 648 girlsNDMinnesota: #307 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsMNIllinois: #1,059 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,503 girlsILWisconsin: #288 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,225 girlsWIMichigan: #551 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,813 girlsMINew York: #1,613 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,415 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #411 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,613 girlsIAIndiana: #941 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,105 girlsINOhio: #620 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,299 girlsOHPennsylvania: #713 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,771 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,056 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,194 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,207 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 8,556 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedUTColorado: #878 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,679 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #675 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,400 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,496 girlsVAMaryland: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #567 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,838 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #754 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,675 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedALGeorgia: #891 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,869 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Veda, so not publishedHITexas: #1,143 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,377 girlsTXFlorida: #863 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,057 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#216 · 1 in 648
  2. Wisconsin#288 · 1 in 1,225
  3. Minnesota#307 · 1 in 1,288
  4. Iowa#411 · 1 in 1,613
  5. Michigan#551 · 1 in 2,813

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#21651 in 648
Wisconsin#288191 in 1,225
Minnesota#307191 in 1,288
Iowa#41181 in 1,613
Michigan#551151 in 2,813
North Carolina#567161 in 2,838
Ohio#620161 in 3,299
Missouri#67581 in 3,400
Pennsylvania#713141 in 3,771
South Carolina#75451 in 3,675
Florida#863171 in 5,057
Colorado#87851 in 4,679
Maryland#88951 in 4,820
Georgia#891101 in 4,869
Washington#93161 in 5,224
Indiana#94161 in 5,105
New Jersey#1,05661 in 6,194
Illinois#1,05991 in 6,503
Texas#1,143231 in 7,377
California#1,207241 in 8,556
Virginia#1,21851 in 7,496
New York#1,61381 in 11,415
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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 2015

girls
#937
289 births · 1 in 6,177 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #937Veda289
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,177 of them was named Veda, which outranked 95.1% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Veda
  1. #933Dixie290
  2. #933Jaylin290
  3. #933Kyndall290
  4. #937Veda289
  5. #937Alissa289
  6. #937Cherish289
  7. #937Yaritza289
  8. #941Azaria288
  9. #941Kaelynn288
  10. #941Tabitha288

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

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →