# Vadim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vadim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vadym |
| US babies named this | 539 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 539 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 63, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Transliteration of Russian Вадим (Vadim).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,209 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,975 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,575 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,602 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,651 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,536 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,924 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,753 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,746 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8,006 |
| 2021 | 15 | 6,013 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,761 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,685 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,938 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,893 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Vadim

- Vadim Glowna, German actor (1941-2012)
- Vadim Perelman, American film director
- Vadim Abramov, football player
- Vadim Panov, fantasy and science fiction writer
- Vadim Sashurin, Belarusian biathlete
- Vadim Petrov, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (1932–2020)
- Vadim Afonin, footballer
- Vadim Vasilyev, association football player from Azerbaijan
- Vadim Garbuzov, Ballroom dancer and showman
- Vadim Gayduchenko, Belarusian handball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.