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How popular is the name Veda?
Births per year, rank history and how many Vedas are alive today.
Veda (female) is a shortened form of the name Vivienne. Although Veda itself was given to 44 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 816th as a registered name), most Vedas are registered as Vivienne, which ranked 403rd in 2025 with 101 babies.
Most people called Veda are registered as Vivienne, and share that name's profile: the Vivienne you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Viviennes born in England and Wales are between 36 and 75, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. Only some Viviennes go by Veda.
How many babies are named Veda or Vivienne each year?
Combined registrations of Vivienne, Vivian, Vivien, Veda. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Vivienne rank as a registered name?
Where does Veda rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Veda short for Vivienne?
Yes - Veda is a shortened form of Vivienne. Vedas are usually registered as Vivienne at birth.
When was the name Veda most popular?
The full name Vivienne peaked in 1944, when around 360 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Veda itself peaked as a registered name in 2025, with 44 babies.
How many people are called Veda?
There's no official count of people who go by Veda, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 14,000 people registered as Vivienne born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Veda.
How old is the typical Veda?
Most people called Veda are registered as Vivienne. Most living Viviennes are between 36 and 75; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Veda becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.