Girl name#1,042 of girl names
Veda
Pronounced V EY1 D AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 144 years in use
How popular is Veda?
Veda is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 16,440 children — the 1,042nd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 573 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- V EY1 D AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Veda
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Veda
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Veda?
- Veda ranks 1,042nd among girls' names in US records, with 16,440 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,162.
- Is Veda a unisex name?
- No. Veda is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Veda most popular?
- 2024, when 573 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.