first name
VEDA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,001 people named Veda, 56.4% reported their origin as White, 17.5% as Black and 13.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Veda peaked in 2024, when 410 babies got the name.
At least 14,076 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Veda by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #735. The largest share of babies named Veda, 28.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
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.
Where Veda is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Veda has been most common in Arkansas (4.3×), Oklahoma (2.7×), and Missouri (2.5×), and least common in Arizona (0.31×).
8,130 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Veda
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Veda, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Veda ranks #133,930 of 156,621, with 131 people. See Veda as a last name
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