How Many People Are Named Vidya?
people named Vidya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 713,538 people in the US has this name
Based on 487 babies named Vidya in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "knowledge, science, learning" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Saraswati.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vidya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vidya alive today is about 22 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vidya first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2007, to 17 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vidya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #6,646, in 1973. In 2025 it ranked #11,856.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,856 |
| Best rank | #6,646 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,483 in the 2010s |
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