NameTides

Ved

Ved was the #1,131 boys' name in the US in 2025 (188 babies), and #782 in England & Wales and #472 in Canada.

Ved as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ved as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Ved as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,131 (188)#782 (42)#762 (3)#577 (5)#472 (65)
2024#1,308 (149)#945 (33)—#785 (3)#414 (78)
2023#1,323 (144)#1,108 (26)——#644 (41)
2022#1,457 (124)#1,058 (27)——#787 (32)
2021#1,442 (125)#1,688 (14)——#875 (28)
2020#1,463 (117)#1,723 (13)——#1,038 (21)
2019#1,670 (96)#1,369 (18)——#1,205 (17)
2018#1,717 (91)#1,132 (24)——#1,389 (13)
2017#1,478 (114)#1,398 (18)———
2016#1,599 (102)#2,027 (11)——#1,831 (9)
2015#1,767 (86)#1,380 (18)——#1,681 (10)
2014#2,205 (61)#1,721 (13)——#1,778 (9)
2013#1,964 (70)#1,796 (12)——#1,470 (12)
2012#2,448 (51)#1,852 (12)——#1,971 (8)
2011#2,317 (55)#1,251 (20)——#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,131.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,100 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ved is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ved by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #845TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ved (boys) 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#27350

Ved (boys): 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
VedCanadaBoys#47265
VedEngland & WalesBoys#78242
VedIrelandBoys#5775
VedNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
VedScotlandBoys#7623
VedUSBoys#1,131188