Veda

What Veda means

Means “knowledge”

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद॑ (véda, “knowledge”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Veda” (revision 93674365), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Veda?

US: Rising: up from #937 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 410 girls got the name (#692 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 4,344 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,756 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IA (0.76 per 1,000 girls), MI (0.59 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.56 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Veda is #738 in the US and #816 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Veda were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Vada302 US · 12 E&W
• Vida187 US · 8 E&W
• Vayda148 US
• Vaeda134 US
• Vaida42 US
• Vita32 US · 8 E&W
• Veyda25 US
• Vedaa6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Veda

Girls

• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*

For a brother

• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Maximiliano#280Editor’s note Steady in the US: #302 in 2015 and #280 in 2025
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Veda’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.