NameTides

Vida

Vida was the #1,211 girls' name in the US in 2025 (187 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,882 in Canada.

Vida as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Vida as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Vida as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,211 (187)#3,035 (8)—#1,882 (12)
2024#1,022 (247)#2,772 (9)—#1,710 (13)
2023#1,075 (230)#2,504 (10)—#1,898 (11)
2022#964 (277)#2,178 (12)—#1,727 (12)
2021#991 (261)#2,341 (11)#792 (3)#1,454 (16)
2020#1,264 (177)#3,447 (6)—#1,557 (14)
2019#1,218 (192)#1,703 (17)—#1,533 (15)
2018#1,338 (168)#2,674 (9)—#1,440 (16)
2017#1,409 (162)#2,706 (9)—#1,784 (12)
2016#1,541 (146)#2,008 (14)—#2,195 (9)
2015#1,287 (187)#2,328 (11)—#1,659 (13)
2014#1,333 (177)#5,691 (3)—#1,395 (17)
2013#1,309 (179)#2,176 (12)—#1,165 (21)
2012#1,583 (137)#5,876 (3)—#1,695 (13)
2011#1,588 (137)#4,049 (5)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #319.
  • 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.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 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 8,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Vida is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,000 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Vida by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: 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: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #607CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: 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: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #912FL
Vida (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#1,4107

Vida (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
VidaCanadaGirls#1,88212
VidaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
VidaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
VidaScotlandGirls—too few
VidaUSGirls#1,211187
VidaUSBoys—too few