Vaida
Feminine
Vaida is a Lithuanian women's name, built on an element that runs through the old Baltic naming stock — vaid, connected to appearing or being seen.
How old is the name Vaida?
Vaida first appears in US birth records in 1926 — 99 years ago. The typical Vaida is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Vaida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vaida most popular?
Vaida peaked in 2015, reaching #1850 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 1,727 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Vaida
Ours, offered as ours. Lithuanian keeps one of the oldest naming stocks in Europe — the language is famously conservative, and its names are built from elements that Indo-European scholars use as evidence. Vaid is one of them. What it meant precisely in the compounds that produced Vaidas and Vaida is argued about, but the family is genuinely ancient and genuinely Baltic, which is more than most short names can claim. Saying that honestly is better than picking one of the guesses.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Lithuanian element vaid is generally connected to a root meaning to appear or to show, and it opens Vaidas, Vaidotas and Vaidilutė. The precise sense of the compound is not settled, and a separate Sanskrit vaid, connected to knowledge, is unrelated.
Pronouncing Vaida
VY-dah
Two syllables, first stressed. English speakers often say VAY-dah.
Nicknames for Vaida
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1926
- Most girls named
- 2015111 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1850reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%42 in 2025, from 42
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Vaida in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Vaida in Lithuanian — same name
- Vaidas in Lithuanian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, California, Minnesota.
Vaidas among us
people named Vaida are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Vaida
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Vaida
- #3577
- Vaida on the 2025 chart
- #770
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Vaida went to 42 girls in 2025, but Vayda is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 190, which makes it the 770th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,807 places above the chart.
- Vayda148
- Vaida42
About 1 girl in 8,459 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 38,268 for Vaida itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Oksana test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Vaida's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Oksana climbed just as high around 1995, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Oksana's path sketches the road Vaida is walking now.
Vaida sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Vaida is headed
Vaida is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Vaida beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vaida in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It belongs to one of the oldest surviving naming traditions in Europe.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Ida sits inside it as a complete name of its own.
- The first vowel is unsettled between VY and VAY in American English.
- Outside the Lithuanian community it needs explaining every time.
- The meaning of the element behind it is genuinely argued over.
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Frequently asked
- How many Vaidas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Vaida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Vaida?
- Vaida is one of 2 recorded spellings. Vayda is the more common one — 148 births in 2025 against 42 for Vaida.
- How popular is the name Vaida in 2025?
- Vaida ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vaida?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Vaida — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vaida with classmates?
- Vaida will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Vaida
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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