girl's name

Vida

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 12,930

Scotland

#866

2021 births

Vida is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 187 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2022, when 277 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 17,729 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Vida over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,812
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Vida by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 307
1890s 641
1900s 808
1910s 1,564
1920s 1,812
1930s 998
1940s 647
1950s 745
1960s 640
1970s 345
1980s 215
1990s 200
2000s 542
2010s 1,630
2020s (to 2025) 1,379

How popular is Vida?

In 2025, Vida was given to 187 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Vida is used

Scotland #866 3 in 2021
United States #1,213 187 in 2025
Canada #1,750 13 in 2024
England & Wales #3,171 8 in 2025
France #6,153 5 in 2025

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 Vida

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

Parents who like Vida also like

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

Sibling names for Vida

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

Common questions about Vida

How popular is the name Vida?

In 2025, Vida was given to 187 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Vida is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Vida?

Vida has 2 syllables.

When was Vida most popular?

Vida peaked in 2022, when 277 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Vida a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Vida currently ranks #1,213 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.