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Vida

#1,218 in 2025Girls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Vida has been given to 12,473 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,218 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 277 recorded.

Babies named Vida, 2025

1 in 17,700

Vida over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vida: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vida means

Vida has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Vida

A separate documented entry treats Vida as a form of Vitus. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Vida as a feminine form of Vid. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

One of the source’s documented entries for Vida records a meaning of visible.

A separate documented entry treats Vida as a feminine form of Vidas. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Vida is used in Lithuanian and Slovene.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Vida is pronounced /ʋíːda/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,435 girls were recorded with the name Vida between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 277 in 2022; its best national rank was #320 in 1903.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,270 in 2020 to #1,218 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,292 in 2015 to #1,218 in 2025.

In the United States, 38 boys were recorded with the name Vida between 1971 and 1975. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1972; its best national rank was #2,529 in 1972.

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 Vida?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 17,700
187 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 8,590
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,218
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,289 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vida 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 2025 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,289 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vida. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vidas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vida was born before 1941 — so the typical Vida is around 84 today.

Median birth year
1941
About 84 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
14.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
28.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,658
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Choose a decade

1920s — 14.6% of all recorded uses (1,812).

Is Vida 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
−194
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+52
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+74
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
67.5%
Peak was 2022 (277)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#320
1903

Spellings of Vida

Vida is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 27.3% against Vida's 0.23%.

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.

Where Vida is used

Across 2016–2025, Vida was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 3,030 girls, against 1 in 6,346 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

133 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 3,030
  2. 2Nevada1 in 3,226
  3. 3Arizona1 in 4,762
  4. 4Florida1 in 4,762
  5. 5Illinois1 in 5,263
  6. 6Texas1 in 5,882
  7. 7New York1 in 6,667
  8. 8New Jersey1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Vida around the world

Where Vida ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #3,035
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1979–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • France
    1925–2025
    #5,112
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #364
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Vida

People whose public names include Vida, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Vida by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,218
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 52
Best rank ever
#320
1903
Peak year
2022
277 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,435
Count in 2025
187

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,529
1972
Peak year
1972
15 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
1975
All-time count
38
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Vida

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

AidaLidaJaidaFridaElidaFreidaAlidaZaidaNidaMaidaRidaVidhiNaidaVidyaOuidaSaidaAleidaVaidaVidelIdaMeridaKaidaRashidaZenaida

Names with a curve like Vida

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Vida, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MazieLeoraZolaMagdaleneAgathaAdellaCordeliaLettieWilhelminaZellaLaviniaAdelia

Sibling names for Vida

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

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