girl's name

Vanda

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 2,403

Scotland

#547

1976 births

Vanda is a girl's name. In 2002 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1960, when 45 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1893.

Vanda over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2002, not a full ten years.

338
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Vanda by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 19
1900s 20
1910s 120
1920s 174
1930s 190
1940s 272
1950s 338
1960s 305
1970s 132
1980s 79
1990s 29
2000s (to 2002) 5

How popular is Vanda?

In 2002, Vanda was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Vanda is used

Scotland #547 3 in 1976
Canada #2,983 5 in 2005
England & Wales #5,247 4 in 2016
France #6,323 5 in 2018
United States #16,039 5 in 2002

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Vanda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Vanda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Vanda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Vanda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Vanda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Vanda

How popular is the name Vanda?

In 2002, Vanda was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Vanda a girl's or a boy's name?

Vanda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Vanda most popular?

Vanda peaked in 1960, when 45 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.