Vada

“Meaning not established”

Girl's name · #886 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Vada belongs to an older America first — it reached #334 back in 1901 — yet it still appears in today's records at #886. About 13,000 girls have carried it since 1880. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Midwest today.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,300 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Vadas

Vada Somerville — American suffragist (1885–1972)
Vada Webb Sheid — Arkansas politician
Vada Ward — American actress, speech coach and counselor

Similar names: Mazie · Vallie · Zelda · Vida · Veda · Zola

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