Vaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Vaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Vaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Spanish vaya, as in vaya con Dios 'go with God'
Is Vaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Vaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Vaya, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Vaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
Names like Vaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aavya Viha Avaya Prisha Saanvi Aadhya Vaani Anvika Navi Aashvi Anvi Dhriti
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vaya, updated 20 October 2026.