How rare is the name Vadim?

4,673 people in the United States have the first name Vadim, about 1 in 64,633. It ranks #4,116 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VADIM

#4,116

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,673
About
1 in 64,633
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,673 people named Vadim, 96.3% reported their origin as White, 1.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vadim peaked in 2002, when 27 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19932025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
27
In 2025*
6 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 539 babies have been given the name since 1993. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Vadim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #9,216. The largest share of babies named Vadim, 64%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#14,03088
2000s#9,216228
2010s#12,021167
2020s#16,87256
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–1264%
2013 and later29.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Vadim

#4,112 Sadia · 4,679#4,115 Latricia · 4,674#4,117 Keiko · 4,672#4,118 Corine · 4,671

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vadim, most common first.

#17,356 Vadym · 637

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