Valda
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #9,237
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,866since 1897
Valda over time
Rank among girls' names. Valda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
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| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 |
| 1953 | #1,460 | 45 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,150 | 45 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,246 | 38 |
| 1919 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,087 | 42 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
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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.
Where Valda is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#881 · 1 in 13,533
Best ever in a state: #204 in Nebraska, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #881 | 7 | 1 in 13,533 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Valda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1910 at #1,069 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 60 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 21.5% of all girls named Valda (402) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,576 |
| 1900s | 61 | #1,135 (1908) | #1,387 |
| 1910s | 261 | #1,069 (1910) | #1,254 |
| 1920s | 365 | #1,150 (1925) | #1,320 |
| 1930s | 274 | #1,161 (1930) | #1,470 |
| 1940s | 222 | #1,442 (1940) | #1,995 |
| 1950s | 402 | #1,344 (1957) | #1,642 |
| 1960s | 224 | #1,921 (1961) | #2,755 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,959 (1972) | #7,290 |
| 1980s | 6 | #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 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 50,320 of them was named Valda, which outranked 73.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,564Verona35
- #1,564Wenda35
- #1,564Zora35
- #1,603Valda34
- #1,603Amparo34
- #1,603Annelle34
- #1,603Dyanne34
- #1,627Adriana33
- #1,627Alpha33
- #1,627Alyson33
Tied with 23 names at #1,603; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.