Vidya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Vidya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “knowledge”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Vidya mean?
Sanskrit
“knowledge”
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vidya a girl's or a boy's name?
Vidya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vidya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Vidya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Vidya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Vidya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Vidya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Vidya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Vidya in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vidya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Vidya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navya Vanya Viha Arya Prisha Aadhya Kavya Priya Aarya Aavya Vaani Krisha
Names related to Vidya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Vidya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vidya, updated 20 October 2026.