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.

Veda

#1,313 most common girls' name of all time · #2,292 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#1,313
Rank overall
#2,292 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
14,076
Since 2016
3,292
Peak year
2024 #692
Best rank
#415 1899
Girls Boys peak 410/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Veda first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 370 — 370 #738
2024 410 — 410 #692
2023 342 — 342 #815
2022 313 — 313 #889
2021 313 — 313 #871
2020 283 — 283 #918
2019 316 5 321 #849
2018 302 — 302 #893
2017 319 — 319 #857
2016 319 — 319 #883
2015 289 — 289 #937
2014 227 — 227 #1,118
2013 211 — 211 #1,138
2012 177 — 177 #1,326
2011 202 — 202 #1,191
2010 155 — 155 #1,460
2009 133 — 133 #1,676
2008 132 — 132 #1,687
2007 96 — 96 #2,105
2006 75 — 75 #2,463
2005 98 — 98 #1,952
2004 65 — 65 #2,559
2003 62 — 62 #2,582
2002 67 — 67 #2,382
2001 49 — 49 #2,925
2000 60 — 60 #2,509
1999 50 — 50 #2,740
1998 28 — 28 #4,030
1997 31 — 31 #3,636
1996 40 — 40 #2,969
1995 25 — 25 #4,110
1994 24 — 24 #4,248
1993 36 — 36 #3,162
1992 19 — 19 #5,070
1991 10 — 10 #8,013
1990 17 — 17 #5,304
1989 11 — 11 #6,979
1987 20 — 20 #4,132
1986 17 — 17 #4,560
1985 10 — 10 #6,483
1984 18 — 18 #4,176
1983 20 — 20 #3,814
1982 25 — 25 #3,352
1981 27 — 27 #3,154
1980 25 — 25 #3,323
1979 21 — 21 #3,681
1978 34 — 34 #2,525
1977 20 — 20 #3,623
1976 27 — 27 #2,800
1975 28 — 28 #2,689
1974 31 — 31 #2,442
1973 41 — 41 #1,986
1972 35 — 35 #2,177
1971 63 — 63 #1,550
1970 48 — 48 #1,836
1969 54 — 54 #1,638
1968 59 — 59 #1,475
1967 74 — 74 #1,244
1966 78 — 78 #1,216
1965 73 — 73 #1,257
1964 102 — 102 #1,079
1963 108 — 108 #1,028
1962 101 — 101 #1,076
1961 116 — 116 #1,007
1960 128 — 128 #945
1959 119 — 119 #967
1958 122 — 122 #933
1957 95 — 95 #1,068
1956 108 — 108 #970
1955 79 — 79 #1,120
1954 128 — 128 #831
1953 107 — 107 #909
1952 96 — 96 #957
1951 93 — 93 #963
1950 97 — 97 #903
1949 91 — 91 #931
1948 137 — 137 #722
1947 164 — 164 #651
1946 200 — 200 #563
1945 83 — 83 #827
1944 65 — 65 #966
1943 67 — 67 #968
1942 82 — 82 #847
1941 70 — 70 #872
1940 80 — 80 #793
1939 68 — 68 #852
1938 89 — 89 #726
1937 95 — 95 #701
1936 99 — 99 #663
1935 101 — 101 #657
1934 118 — 118 #609
1933 106 — 106 #639
1932 97 — 97 #691
1931 97 — 97 #679
1930 126 — 126 #616
1929 143 — 143 #574
1928 137 — 137 #603
1927 145 — 145 #587
1926 166 — 166 #544
1925 169 — 169 #554
1924 167 — 167 #563
1923 162 — 162 #566
1922 166 — 166 #554
1921 188 — 188 #518
1920 193 — 193 #498
1919 164 — 164 #537
1918 167 — 167 #545
1917 169 — 169 #511
1916 171 — 171 #493
1915 168 — 168 #477
1914 118 — 118 #517
1913 107 — 107 #493
1912 101 — 101 #476
1911 74 — 74 #482
1910 65 — 65 #512
1909 56 — 56 #505
1908 60 — 60 #466
1907 59 — 59 #467
1906 51 — 51 #484
1905 54 — 54 #462
1904 40 — 40 #526
1903 52 — 52 #447
1902 52 — 52 #433
1901 52 — 52 #420
1900 52 — 52 #474
1899 50 — 50 #415
1898 46 — 46 #459
1897 44 — 44 #448
1896 37 — 37 #484
1895 41 — 41 #453
1894 31 — 31 #525
1893 22 — 22 #627
1892 23 — 23 #587
1891 18 — 18 #642
1890 27 — 27 #507
1889 19 — 19 #598
1888 26 — 26 #501
1887 16 — 16 #584
1886 8 — 8 #863
1885 17 — 17 #538
1884 9 — 9 #772
1882 5 — 5 #963
1881 6 — 6 #827