Vada
Girl · VAY-da
Vada is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 884th for girls in the US (302 babies).
What does Vada mean?
Vada Sultenfuss is the young heroine of the 1991 film My Girl.
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- VAY-da
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Is Vada a girl's or a boy's name?
Vada is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 302 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vada in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Vada, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 girls.
2025 had more girls named Vada than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Vada in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were given Vada or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #641, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Veda 47
- Vada 12
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Vada in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Vada in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #884among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 302about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 302 girls in the US were named Vada, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 810th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 335 girls.
Half of all the girls named Vada in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 678 girls in the US were given Vada or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #469, up from #884 for this spelling alone.
- Veda 370
- Vada 302
- Vedaa 6
In 1967, 60% of the babies named Vada in the US were girls.
Vada in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 302 | #884 |
| 2024 | 273 | #955 |
| 2023 | 331 | #829 |
| 2022 | 331 | #848 |
| 2021 | 320 | #855 |
| 2020 | 335 | #810 |
| 2019 | 304 | #886 |
| 2018 | 267 | #987 |
| 2017 | 267 | #978 |
| 2016 | 307 | #905 |
| 2015 | 242 | #1,082 |
| 2014 | 201 | #1,215 |
| 2013 | 180 | #1,301 |
| 2012 | 158 | #1,445 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,469 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,077 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,893 |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,413 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,639 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,724 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,318 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,422 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,504 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,401 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,382 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,332 |
| 1949 | 57 | #1,200 |
| 1948 | 62 | #1,134 |
| 1947 | 68 | #1,078 |
| 1946 | 73 | #978 |
| 1945 | 77 | #856 |
| 1944 | 68 | #937 |
| 1943 | 89 | #824 |
| 1942 | 72 | #921 |
| 1941 | 69 | #876 |
| 1940 | 108 | #665 |
| 1939 | 98 | #688 |
| 1938 | 97 | #698 |
| 1937 | 111 | #643 |
| 1936 | 105 | #644 |
| 1935 | 132 | #556 |
| 1934 | 126 | #576 |
| 1933 | 116 | #603 |
| 1932 | 154 | #528 |
| 1931 | 136 | #561 |
| 1930 | 188 | #485 |
| 1929 | 143 | #571 |
| 1928 | 175 | #525 |
| 1927 | 161 | #559 |
| 1926 | 164 | #547 |
| 1925 | 263 | #426 |
| 1924 | 200 | #495 |
| 1923 | 185 | #514 |
| 1922 | 180 | #523 |
| 1921 | 212 | #474 |
| 1920 | 194 | #494 |
| 1919 | 216 | #449 |
| 1918 | 220 | #448 |
| 1917 | 191 | #469 |
| 1916 | 202 | #444 |
| 1915 | 197 | #434 |
| 1914 | 144 | #456 |
| 1913 | 153 | #392 |
| 1912 | 146 | #379 |
| 1911 | 106 | #391 |
| 1910 | 107 | #378 |
| 1909 | 90 | #387 |
| 1908 | 81 | #405 |
| 1907 | 73 | #414 |
| 1906 | 86 | #362 |
| 1905 | 68 | #409 |
| 1904 | 80 | #365 |
| 1903 | 72 | #376 |
| 1902 | 80 | #357 |
| 1901 | 84 | #331 |
| 1900 | 61 | #427 |
| 1899 | 71 | #352 |
| 1898 | 85 | #338 |
| 1897 | 70 | #351 |
| 1896 | 72 | #343 |
| 1895 | 56 | #374 |
| 1894 | 49 | #399 |
| 1893 | 50 | #383 |
| 1892 | 42 | #409 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 |
| 1889 | 38 | #393 |
| 1888 | 27 | #476 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 37 | #352 |
| 1885 | 21 | #459 |
| 1884 | 21 | #438 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 |
| 1882 | 16 | #458 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
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