NameTides

Vada

Vada was the #884 girls' name in the US in 2025 (302 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Vada as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Vada as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Vada as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#884 (302)#2,278 (12)—#1,577 (15)
2024#955 (273)#3,696 (6)#736 (4)#1,153 (22)
2023#829 (331)#3,599 (6)#555 (6)#1,108 (22)
2022#848 (331)#2,674 (9)#559 (6)#1,550 (14)
2021#855 (320)#3,192 (7)#517 (7)#947 (29)
2020#810 (335)#1,939 (14)#834 (3)#971 (27)
2019#886 (304)#2,643 (9)#421 (9)#1,231 (20)
2018#987 (267)#2,499 (10)#734 (4)#1,122 (22)
2017#978 (267)#4,763 (4)#734 (4)#979 (27)
2016#905 (307)#4,763 (4)—#896 (30)
2015#1,082 (242)#4,103 (5)—#1,157 (21)
2014#1,215 (201)#4,003 (5)—#1,279 (19)
2013#1,301 (180)#5,742 (3)—#1,364 (17)
2012#1,445 (158)——#1,472 (16)
2011#1,469 (152)#5,785 (3)—#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1901 at #331.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1989, 54% of US babies named Vada were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Vada is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Vada by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #473OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,228CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Vada (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Vada (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
VadaCanadaGirls#1,57715
VadaEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
VadaIrelandGirls—too few
VadaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
VadaUSGirls#884302
VadaUSBoys—too few