Vala — girls' name
206 babies named Vala in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Vala was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Vala in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vala
The Social Security Administration has registered 206 babies named Vala between 1921 and 2023, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 206 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vala at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1921
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
206 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 13 births in a single year.
Vala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 76 births that decade — 37% of Vala's all-time total
Vala decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vala's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.