Ieda

Girls' name

Sweet woman

Ieda has been given to 8 babies in the U.S. since 1935. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1935, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Ieda, 1935

1 in 261,000

Ieda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ieda: meaning, origin, and history

Sweet woman

Hebrew

What Ieda means

Ieda means “sweet woman”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ieda is used in Portuguese. Its origins include Hebrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Ieda is pronounced /ˈje.dɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8 girls were recorded with the name Ieda between 1935 and 1935. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1935; its best national rank was #3,279 in 1935.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ieda?

Ieda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1935, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1935: 1 in 261,000; 8 of 2,089,888 births
Among girls only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1935: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 181,076 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ieda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1935 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 181,076 children born in 1935 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ieda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Iedas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ieda was born before 1935 — so the typical Ieda is around 90 today.

Median birth year: 1935; About 90 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Ieda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1935 (8)
Years since peak: 90; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,279; 1935

Spellings of Ieda

Ieda is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 36.8% against Ieda's <0.01%.

Linda36.8%1,455,143
Edna7.5%295,116
Eva7.2%284,761
Ida4.8%187,929
Vera3.8%149,456
Lena3.7%146,479
Ada2.7%106,905
Hilda2.1%81,022

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ieda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,279; 1935
Peak year: 1935; 8 that year
First recorded: 1935
Last recorded: 1935
All-time count: 8
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ieda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Deda Feda Aeda Loeda Akeda Maeda Teeda Weeda Vieda Ineda Obeda Deeda Treda Greda Ikeda Saeda Aneda Kaeda Dreda Reneda Omeda Sieda Aseda Aveda

Sibling names for Ieda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shirlee Marlyn Lavonne Claudette Joe Marlys Jimmie Pearlie

For a brother

Huey Shirley Boyce Arlen Rayford Delano Talmadge Franklyn

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