Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vada

#1,387 most common girls' name of all time · #2,404 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#1,387
Rank overall
#2,404 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
13,089
Since 2016
3,037
Peak year
2020 #810
Best rank
#336 1901
Girls Boys peak 335/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Vada is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 302 — 302 #884
2024 273 — 273 #955
2023 331 — 331 #829
2022 331 — 331 #848
2021 320 — 320 #855
2020 335 — 335 #810
2019 304 — 304 #886
2018 267 — 267 #987
2017 267 — 267 #979
2016 307 — 307 #907
2015 242 — 242 #1,083
2014 201 — 201 #1,217
2013 180 — 180 #1,301
2012 158 — 158 #1,445
2011 152 — 152 #1,471
2010 95 — 95 #2,077
2009 76 — 76 #2,488
2008 82 — 82 #2,354
2007 76 — 76 #2,458
2006 58 — 58 #2,941
2005 81 — 81 #2,239
2004 46 — 46 #3,269
2003 43 — 43 #3,351
2002 45 — 45 #3,147
2001 37 — 37 #3,555
2000 44 — 44 #3,122
1999 44 — 44 #2,995
1998 20 — 20 #5,129
1997 22 — 22 #4,668
1996 23 — 23 #4,454
1995 29 — 29 #3,672
1994 31 — 31 #3,541
1993 29 — 29 #3,683
1992 14 — 14 #6,323
1991 7 — 7 #10,278
1989 7 6 13 #9,693
1988 5 — 5 #11,814
1986 5 — 5 #10,928
1985 6 — 6 #9,317
1984 7 — 7 #8,167
1983 — 5 5 —
1982 8 — 8 #7,477
1981 14 — 14 #4,971
1980 10 — 10 #6,329
1979 11 — 11 #5,754
1978 8 — 8 #6,957
1977 12 — 12 #5,217
1976 15 — 15 #4,158
1975 11 — 11 #5,171
1974 12 — 12 #4,734
1973 16 — 16 #3,790
1972 8 — 8 #5,969
1971 10 7 17 #5,145
1970 18 — 18 #3,444
1969 13 — 13 #3,964
1968 11 — 11 #4,225
1967 18 12 30 #2,970
1966 28 7 35 #2,252
1965 24 9 33 #2,469
1964 25 20 45 #2,479
1963 38 21 59 #1,895
1962 25 25 50 #2,416
1961 47 33 80 #1,645
1960 43 11 54 #1,727
1959 32 6 38 #1,988
1958 38 — 38 #1,765
1957 40 — 40 #1,706
1956 62 — 62 #1,320
1955 50 — 50 #1,427
1954 45 — 45 #1,506
1953 56 — 56 #1,301
1952 48 — 48 #1,405
1951 46 — 46 #1,385
1950 47 — 47 #1,334
1949 57 — 57 #1,202
1948 62 — 62 #1,137
1947 68 — 68 #1,080
1946 73 — 73 #981
1945 77 — 77 #858
1944 68 — 68 #938
1943 89 — 89 #824
1942 72 — 72 #922
1941 69 — 69 #879
1940 108 — 108 #665
1939 98 — 98 #688
1938 97 — 97 #698
1937 111 — 111 #644
1936 105 — 105 #646
1935 132 — 132 #557
1934 126 — 126 #577
1933 116 — 116 #605
1932 154 — 154 #530
1931 136 — 136 #563
1930 188 — 188 #485
1929 143 — 143 #572
1928 175 — 175 #525
1927 161 — 161 #559
1926 164 — 164 #551
1925 263 — 263 #426
1924 200 — 200 #496
1923 185 — 185 #516
1922 180 — 180 #523
1921 212 — 212 #474
1920 194 — 194 #495
1919 216 — 216 #449
1918 220 — 220 #450
1917 191 — 191 #471
1916 202 — 202 #445
1915 197 — 197 #436
1914 144 — 144 #456
1913 153 — 153 #394
1912 146 — 146 #382
1911 106 — 106 #391
1910 107 — 107 #380
1909 90 — 90 #387
1908 81 — 81 #408
1907 73 — 73 #416
1906 86 — 86 #363
1905 68 — 68 #410
1904 80 — 80 #368
1903 72 — 72 #379
1902 80 — 80 #359
1901 84 — 84 #336
1900 61 — 61 #427
1899 71 — 71 #353
1898 85 — 85 #339
1897 70 — 70 #352
1896 72 — 72 #346
1895 56 — 56 #375
1894 49 — 49 #402
1893 50 — 50 #384
1892 42 — 42 #412
1891 37 — 37 #411
1890 42 — 42 #394
1889 38 — 38 #397
1888 27 — 27 #482
1887 27 — 27 #432
1886 37 — 37 #355
1885 21 — 21 #467
1884 21 — 21 #447
1883 16 — 16 #494
1882 16 — 16 #474
1881 10 — 10 #560
1880 9 — 9 #626