Vada
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 265 babies a year in the US.
How Vada has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2016 | #906 |
| 2017 | #981 |
| 2018 | #988 |
| 2019 | #887 |
| 2020 | #811 |
| 2021 | #858 |
| 2022 | #851 |
| 2023 | #830 |
| 2024 | #960 |
| 2025 | #886 |
Vada by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Vada. In the US, 265 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 307 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1910, about 1 in 3,900 American girls born that year was called Vada.
What we can tell you about Vada
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vada. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Vada
Names that are said the same way as Vada, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Vaydah5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Vada
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