Vidya

#11,856 in 2025Girls' name

Knowledge

Vidya has been given to 487 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #11,856 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Vidya, 2025

1 in 414,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vidya: meaning, origin, and history

Knowledge

Sanskrit

What Vidya means

Vidya means “knowledge”, associated with vidyā.

Origin, language, and formation

Vidya is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 487 girls were recorded with the name Vidya between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2007; its best national rank was #6,646 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,382 in 2020 to #11,856 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,589 in 2015 to #11,856 in 2025.

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 Vidya?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #11,856; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vidya 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vidya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vidyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vidya was born before 2005 — so the typical Vidya is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 26.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 59.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 487; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 26.9% of all recorded uses (131).

Is Vidya 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: −2,946; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,526; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,267; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 47.1%; Peak was 2007 (17)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,646; 1973

Spellings of Vidya

Vidya is not the most common spelling — Ida is, with 39.3% against Vidya's 0.10%.

Ida39.3%187,929
Viola27.8%132,993
Veda2.9%14,071
Aida2.9%13,777
Vada2.7%12,927
Vida2.6%12,435
Lidia2.4%11,326
Miya1.7%8,071

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.

Vidya around the world

Where Vidya 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
1996–2025
#5,927
in 2025
France
1984–2025
#6,666
in 2025
Canada
1996–2020
#3,347
in 2020
South Australia
1976–1976
#645
in 1976

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

Vidya by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #11,856
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,526
Best rank ever: #6,646; 1973
Peak year: 2007; 17 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 487
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Vidya

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

Vidhi Videl Lidya Vidalia Adya Indya Aadya Nadya Endya Hadya Vidia Vidhya Vida Nidya Vidisha Vidal Vidushi Hridya Vidhatri Vidhitsa Vidette Videll Vidella Videlle

Sibling names for Vidya

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

Sydni Abagail Shyann Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Jacquelin Halie

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Zakary

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