Vada

Meaning: Not established
Origin: English — An American name counted since 1880, of unrecorded source, borne by the heroine of the 1991 film My Girl

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#1,577 in Canada (2025) · #2,278 in England & Wales (2025) · #9,636 in Ecuador (2025) · #736 in Ireland (2024).

Famous Vadas

Vada Somerville — American suffragist (1885–1972)
Vada Webb Sheid — Arkansas politician (1916–2008)
Vada Ward — American actress, speech coach and counselor (born 1917 or 1918)

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

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