NameTides

Veda

Veda was the #738 girls' name in the US in 2025 (370 babies), and #816 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Veda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Veda as a girl’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & WalesScotland
Veda as a girl’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#738 (370)#816 (44)#780 (3)#443 (8)#355 (87)
2024#692 (410)#1,128 (30)#790 (3)#898 (3)#386 (78)
2023#815 (342)#1,640 (18)——#541 (54)
2022#889 (313)#2,674 (9)#760 (3)#747 (4)#819 (33)
2021#871 (313)#2,341 (11)——#947 (29)
2020#918 (283)#2,843 (8)——#942 (28)
2019#849 (316)#2,869 (8)—#871 (3)#1,471 (16)
2018#893 (302)#2,901 (8)——#983 (27)
2017#856 (319)#2,341 (11)——#1,000 (26)
2016#883 (319)#2,547 (10)——#1,019 (26)
2015#937 (289)#2,070 (13)——#1,202 (20)
2014#1,118 (227)#2,862 (8)——#1,340 (18)
2013#1,138 (211)#3,536 (6)——#1,021 (25)
2012#1,326 (177)#3,681 (6)——#1,904 (11)
2011#1,189 (202)———#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #692.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 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 4,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Veda is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Veda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #452WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #390NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #766CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #901TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Veda (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#25748

Veda (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
VedaCanadaGirls#35587
VedaEngland & WalesGirls#81644
VedaIrelandGirls#4438
VedaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
VedaScotlandGirls#7803
VedaUSGirls#738370
VedaUSBoys—too few