Vayda
Vayda is a surname. Alternative spellings include Veda, Vada, or Vaeyda.Andrew P. Vayda, anthropologist Jerry Vayda, American basketball player Shandor Vayda, Ukrainian footballer
Meaning & Origin of Vayda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vayda is a surname. Alternative spellings include Veda, Vada, or Vaeyda.Andrew P. Vayda, anthropologist Jerry Vayda, American basketball player Shandor Vayda, Ukrainian footballer
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The Story of Vayda
The earliest SSA record of Vayda as a baby girl name dates back to 1993, when 8 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 235 newborns named Vayda — #1,068 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Vayda on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Vayda ranks #1,351 for baby girls with 168 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Vayda
Vayda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Vayda's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #1,068. Use the chart and map above to compare Vayda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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