Walda

Last seen for girls in 1957 at #6,086

Peak · girls
1948 · 36 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
330
since 1911

Walda over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #1,548, 1948girls
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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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1957#6,0865
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1953#4,5957
1952#3,37211
1951#2,69415
1950#4,7386
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1948#1,54836
1947#3,24011
1946#3,4309
1945#1,94119
1944#3,3788
1943#2,44714
1942#4,6225
1941#2,84610
1940#1,96517
1939#3,7826
1938#1,59623
1937#1,99916
1936#1,95016
1935#2,20614
1934#2,56711
1933#2,16114
1932#2,23514
1931#3,4977
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1926#4,3066
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1924#5,0615
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1919#3,8177
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1916#3,5527
1915#4,2745
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Walda! It came in at #2,191, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Walda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1957
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1948 at #1,548 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 1 yr 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 47,164
  • Highest: 1 in 47,164 girls born in 1948 were named Walda (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 408,970 girls born in 1957 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 39.1% of all girls named Walda (129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s25#2,191 (1911)#3,459
1920s11#4,306 (1926)#4,684
1930s121#1,596 (1938)#2,444
1940s129#1,548 (1948)#2,824
1950s44#2,694 (1951)#4,297

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.

Walda in 1911

girls
#2,191
6 births · 1 in 69,718 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #2,191Walda6
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 69,718 of them was named Walda, which outranked 23.6% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walda
  1. #1,956Wyona7
  2. #1,956Yolande7
  3. #1,956Zeffie7
  4. #2,191Walda6
  5. #2,191Adelaida6
  6. #2,191Adria6
  7. #2,191Agueda6
  8. #2,463Adalene5
  9. #2,463Addis5
  10. #2,463Adia5

Tied with 271 names at #2,191; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

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

See the top 100 for 1911