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Vidya

100% girls · 8 born in 2025

Vidya has been given to about 487 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2007, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 480
Median age today20 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Vidya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2007 · 17
  • Born in 20258
  • All time487
  • England & Wales, 20253

How popular is Vidya?

Its best year was 2007, when 17 babies were given the name, ranking 7718th. The typical living American called Vidya is about 20 years old today.

Names that sound like Vidya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Vida0.79
  2. Diya0.70
  3. Vina0.64
  4. Vilma0.64
  5. Vita0.64
  6. Viola0.59
  7. Frida0.60
  8. Freya0.58

Middle names for Vidya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Vidya Josephine0.84
  2. Vidya Rose0.83
  3. Vidya Louise0.83
  4. Vidya June0.82
  5. Vidya Pearl0.82
  6. Vidya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Vidya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Mustafabrother · 0.82
  2. Hassanbrother · 0.81
  3. Francobrother · 0.81
  4. Palomasister · 0.80
  5. Ilianasister · 0.80
  6. Chanasister · 0.80

Where Vidya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Vidya White0.78
    2. Vidya Reyes0.78
    3. Vidya Nguyen0.78
    4. Vidya Moore0.78
    5. Vidya Lee0.78
    6. Vidya Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Vidya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.