Vada

The name Vada is the #2,355 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,512 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 69.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,412 (75.3% percentile) for all time with 12,350 births since 1880. For boys, it ranks #4,424 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 162 births since 1959.

Vada has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for girls and since 1959 for boys). Birth data for Vada is available in 142 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Vada has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.

For girls, Vada reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 37.0% percentile (ranked #387) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 330 births per million (ranked 23.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Vada ranks #634 for girls (33.1% percentile) with 189 births per million, which is 57.1% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Vada reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #638) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 15 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.