How Many People Are Named Vida?
An estimated 5,589 people in the United States have the first name Vida. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Vida peaked in popularity in 2022 with 277 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Vida as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Vida paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
5,589
About 1 in 61,327 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.7% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
2022
277 births
Total Registered
12,285
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Vida
Vida is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 12,285 total births registered, 99.7% were female.
Vida as a male name
Ranked #6,307 in 1975
5 male births in 1975
Peak: 1972 (15 births)
Vida as a female name
Ranked #1,023 in 2024
246 female births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (277 births)
Vida: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Vida span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 1,812 babies were registered. While Vida is less common than at its peak in the 1920s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Vida by Decade
How has Vida tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Vida by State
Birth registrations for Vida span all 37 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Connecticut, Indiana, Mississippi. On average, about 163 Vidas were registered per state.
Vida + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Vida as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Vida
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
Vida: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Vida?
We estimate approximately 5,589 people named Vida are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 61,327 Americans share this first name.
Is Vida a common name?
Vida is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 12,285 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Vida most popular?
Vida reached peak popularity in 2022, when 277 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Vida is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Vida a female name?
Vida is predominantly female. 99.7% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Vida Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Vida Smith, Vida Johnson, Vida Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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