Valeta

Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411

Peak · girls
1927 · 23 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
661
since 1910

Valeta over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #1,771, 1927girls
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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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1981#10,4115
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1972#5,10910
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1970#5,8188
1969#5,0579
1968#6,2466
1967#4,30010
1966#3,95911
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1964#5,0088
1963#4,5399
1962#4,5339
1961#4,5469
1960#5,1687
1959#6,2455
1958#4,1939
1957#4,2029
1956#4,1619
1955#3,22513
1954#3,9679
1953#3,68710
1952#2,07424
1951#4,8336
1950#2,65215
1949#5,2445
1948#4,6516
1947#4,3457
1946#4,4176
1945#2,33914
1944#3,3788
1943#2,69512
1942#3,7387
1941#3,0309
1940#2,9639
1939#2,41712
1938#2,02116
1937#1,91417
1936#2,52111
1935#3,4317
1934#1,91317
1933#1,97016
1932#3,0479
1931#1,94117
1930#2,02317
1929#2,43713
1928#1,78422
1927#1,77123
1926#2,25716
1925#2,11918
1924#2,51414
1923#2,91711
1922#1,95720
1921#3,16410
1920#2,35715
1919#2,81311
1918#2,82211
1917#3,0929
1916#2,49812
1915#2,25513
1914#3,1886
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1910#2,3985
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Valeta! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Valeta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1927 at #1,771 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 5 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 51,845
  • Highest: 1 in 51,845 girls born in 1927 were named Valeta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Valeta (162) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s67#2,255 (1915)#2,724
1920s162#1,771 (1927)#2,328
1930s139#1,913 (1934)#2,320
1940s83#2,339 (1945)#3,680
1950s109#2,074 (1952)#3,924
1960s78#3,959 (1966)#4,817
1970s18#5,109 (1972)#5,464
1980s5#10,411 (1981)#10,411

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.

Valeta in 1910

girls
#2,398
5 births · 1 in 79,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #2,398Valeta5
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 79,301 of them was named Valeta, which outranked 14.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valeta
  1. #2,140Zeola6
  2. #2,140Zina6
  3. #2,140Zylphia6
  4. #2,398Valeta5
  5. #2,398Adelaida5
  6. #2,398Adina5
  7. #2,398Adria5

Tied with 392 names at #2,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. 960Alys#1,957#997
  2. 849Lannie#1,763#914
  3. 766Luz#1,763#997
  4. 762Vivien#1,607#845
  5. 693Buna#1,607#914
Fallers
  1. 864Earl#909#1,773
  2. 864Fleta#909#1,773
  3. 783Elba#990#1,773
  4. 644Odile#990#1,634
  5. 576Claribel#845#1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1910