# Veda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/veda/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “knowledge” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈveɪdə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,076 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 14,071 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 206, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद॑ (véda, “knowledge”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 202 | 1,195 |
| 2012 | 177 | 1,333 |
| 2013 | 211 | 1,143 |
| 2014 | 227 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 289 | 939 |
| 2016 | 319 | 884 |
| 2017 | 319 | 859 |
| 2018 | 302 | 894 |
| 2019 | 316 | 850 |
| 2020 | 283 | 918 |
| 2021 | 313 | 872 |
| 2022 | 313 | 891 |
| 2023 | 342 | 816 |
| 2024 | 410 | 693 |
| 2025 | 370 | 739 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 14,002 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 44 | 816 |

## People named Veda

- Veda Ann Borg, actress (1915-1973)

## 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.