Spellings
Veda or Vayda?
In the US in 2025, 57% of babies in this name family were spelled Veda and 23% Vayda. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Veda already led in 2015, with 56% of the family's births; it has 57% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 512 to 652 births (+27%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veda | 289 | 370 | +28% |
| Vayda | 178 | 148 | −17% |
| Vaeda | 45 | 134 | ×3 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈveɪdə/ (VAY-duh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Veda 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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