Valda

Last seen for girls in 1982 at #9,237

Peak · girls
#1,069
1910 · 17 births
Debut · girls
1897
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,866
since 1897

Valda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Valda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #1,069, 1910girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1982#9,2376
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1979#7,3138
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1976#8,1566
1975#7,1737
1974#8,7755
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1972#5,9598
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1970#6,3627
1969#3,77414
1968#3,45615
1967#3,21116
1966#2,66821
1965#2,46424
1964#3,24416
1963#2,25228
1962#2,46324
1961#1,92136
1960#2,09730
1959#1,72041
1958#1,48152
1957#1,34462
1956#1,83534
1955#1,66738
1954#1,64838
1953#1,46045
1952#1,61136
1951#1,70132
1950#1,95524
1949#1,60334
1948#1,70830
1947#1,99324
1946#1,72327
1945#2,59812
1944#2,94610
1943#2,07918
1942#1,76023
1941#2,09616
1940#1,44228
1939#1,79719
1938#2,02116
1937#1,49325
1936#1,59322
1935#1,41827
1934#1,29231
1933#1,28931
1932#1,38229
1931#1,25833
1930#1,16141
1929#1,15941
1928#1,39431
1927#1,17243
1926#1,44931
1925#1,15045
1924#1,40934
1923#1,17443
1922#1,53629
1921#1,51430
1920#1,24638
1919#1,19439
1918#1,38031
1917#1,33730
1916#1,08742
1915#1,33928
1914#1,19926
1913#1,46516
1912#1,35216
1911#1,11316
1910#1,06917
1909#1,4719
1908#1,13513
1907#1,8216
1906#1,5537
1905#1,2989
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1903#1,2049
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1901#1,2278
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1899#1,5965
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1897#1,5555
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Valda! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Valda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1910 at #1,069 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 60 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,324
  • Highest: 1 in 23,324 girls born in 1910 were named Valda (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 282,221 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.5% of all girls named Valda (402) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#1,555 (1897)#1,576
1900s61#1,135 (1908)#1,387
1910s261#1,069 (1910)#1,254
1920s365#1,150 (1925)#1,320
1930s274#1,161 (1930)#1,470
1940s222#1,442 (1940)#1,995
1950s402#1,344 (1957)#1,642
1960s224#1,921 (1961)#2,755
1970s41#5,959 (1972)#7,290
1980s6#9,237 (1982)#9,237

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Valda in 1918

girls
#1,380
31 births · 1 in 37,343 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #1,380Valda31
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 37,343 of them was named Valda, which outranked 75.3% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valda
  1. #1,360Selena32
  2. #1,360Thresa32
  3. #1,360Zetta32
  4. #1,380Valda31
  5. #1,380Aliene31
  6. #1,380Allean31
  7. #1,380Aloha31
  8. #1,411Aldine30
  9. #1,411Allison30
  10. #1,411Armella30

Tied with 30 names at #1,380; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →