Valada — girls' name
59 babies named Valada in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Valada was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Valada in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valada
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Valada between 1915 and 1961, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valada currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valada performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Valada shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Valada in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valada 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 59 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.
Valada at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1915
- Peak year (1920)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
59 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 10 births in a single year.
Valada by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 25 births that decade — 42% of Valada's all-time total
Valada decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Valada's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Valada by state
Where Valada concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 12 | 20.3% |
12 of 59 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 20.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 20.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1915–1961 (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.