Vida

#1,211 for girls in 2025, 187 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #5,464
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 43 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,435
since 1880

Vida over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #318, 1886girls
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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#1,211187—
2024#1,022247—
2023#1,075230—
2022#964277—
2021#991261—
2020#1,264177—
2019#1,218192—
2018#1,338168—
2017#1,409162—
2016#1,541146—
2015#1,287187—
2014#1,333177—
2013#1,309179—
2012#1,583137—
2011#1,588137—
2010#1,536145—
2009#2,041100—
2008#2,39780—
2007#2,27685—
2006#2,32881—
2005#2,90256—
2004#3,22447—
2003#4,80426—
2002#5,67320—
2001#5,17422—
2000#4,64925—
1999#3,97029—
1998#5,79917—
1997#4,37024—
1996#4,58322—
1995#4,09925—
1994#7,09712—
1993#4,99819—
1992#6,00815—
1991#5,94915—
1990#4,38022—
1989#5,83614—
1988#4,65318—
1987#3,33127—
1986#4,34718—
1985#4,45517—
1984#3,61322—
1983#6,21210—
1982#2,95930—
1981#3,73921—
1980#2,48638—
1979#2,99728—
1978#3,00926—
1977#3,08325—
1976#3,09523—
1975#2,61229#5,4645
1974#2,83525—
1973#2,22335#3,22310
1972#2,13536#2,41815
1971#1,77250#3,6588
1970#2,45030—
1969#2,51527—
1968#2,16431—
1967#1,70245—
1966#1,43059—
1965#1,39462—
1964#1,20484—
1963#1,16987—
1962#1,32370—
1961#1,16290—
1960#1,18185—
1959#1,23075—
1958#1,21177—
1957#1,14485—
1956#1,22872—
1955#1,17572—
1954#1,12377—
1953#1,07181—
1952#1,06778—
1951#1,29252—
1950#1,05376—
1949#1,10966—
1948#1,29850—
1947#1,12064—
1946#92781—
1945#1,02257—
1944#92569—
1943#88478—
1942#1,06554—
1941#86571—
1940#95357—
1939#86266—
1938#79978—
1937#70494—
1936#76478—
1935#67597—
1934#612116—
1933#637106—
1932#676100—
1931#581129—
1930#593134—
1929#540159—
1928#543164—
1927#562159—
1926#570156—
1925#513188—
1924#570164—
1923#522182—
1922#463220—
1921#492200—
1920#456220—
1919#483191—
1918#448220—
1917#466193—
1916#459193—
1915#448187—
1914#412166—
1913#425135—
1912#442113—
1911#400101—
1910#50365—
1909#40183—
1908#41974—
1907#40278—
1906#39476—
1905#35489—
1904#37477—
1903#31995—
1902#37771—
1901#33184—
1900#37281—
1899#36165—
1898#36674—
1897#34472—
1896#32580—
1895#32378—
1894#37256—
1893#35657—
1892#36553—
1891#32261—
1890#37345—
1889#35845—
1888#33352—
1887#33740—
1886#31843—
1885#41325—
1884#34932—
1883#39722—
1882#38921—
1881#44714—
1880#46613—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vida was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Vida is popular in 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMNIllinois: #625 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,908 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMINew York: #560 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,321 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedSDIowa: #351 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,975 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #463 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,151 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMOKentucky: #472 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,701 girlsKYWest Virginia: #365 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,326 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedNMKansas: #307 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,549 girlsKSArkansas: #479 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,126 girlsARTennessee: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,526 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,801 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #329 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,274 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedMSAlabama: #482 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,420 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vida, so not publishedHITexas: #464 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,322 girlsTXFlorida: #382 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,348 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#307 · 1 in 2,549
  2. Oklahoma#329 · 1 in 2,274
  3. Iowa#351 · 1 in 3,975
  4. West Virginia#365 · 1 in 3,326
  5. Florida#382 · 1 in 3,348

Best ever in a state: #144 in Idaho, 1921.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#30761 in 2,549
Oklahoma#329111 in 2,274
Iowa#35151 in 3,975
West Virginia#36561 in 3,326
Florida#38251 in 3,348
North Carolina#40581 in 4,801
Tennessee#43761 in 4,526
Pennsylvania#463101 in 9,151
Texas#464181 in 3,322
Kentucky#47251 in 5,701
Arkansas#47951 in 4,126
Alabama#48261 in 5,420
New York#56081 in 12,321
Illinois#62551 in 11,908
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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 Vida
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 189 spots since 2024 (#1,022 → #1,211)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#1,264 → #1,211)
  • 76 spots since 2015 (#1,287 → #1,211)
  • Biggest jump: 273 spots in 2021 (#1,264 → #991)
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1942 (#865 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #318 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 95 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,758
  • Highest: 1 in 2,758 girls born in 1903 were named Vida (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,595 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #318 in 1886, was only 1 in 3,361 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 14.6% of all girls named Vida (1,812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s307#318 (1886)#381
1890s641#322 (1891)#351
1900s808#319 (1903)#374
1910s1,564#400 (1911)#449
1920s1,812#456 (1920)#523
1930s998#581 (1931)#690
1940s647#865 (1941)#1,017
1950s745#1,053 (1950)#1,159
1960s640#1,162 (1961)#1,524
1970s307#1,772 (1971)#2,621
1980s215#2,486 (1980)#4,163
1990s200#3,970 (1999)#5,125
2000s542#2,041 (2009)#3,547
2010s1,630#1,218 (2019)#1,414
2020s1,379#964 (2022)#1,088

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.

Vida in 1926

girls
#570
156 births · 1 in 7,599 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #570Vida156
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 7,599 of them was named Vida, which outranked 89.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vida
  1. #565Justine159
  2. #568Socorro158
  3. #569Myrna157
  4. #570Vida156
  5. #570Alva156
  6. #572Rae155
  7. #573Lauretta154
  8. #573Lettie154

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

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →