Valaida — girls' name
17 babies named Valaida in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Valaida was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Valaida in 1936 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valaida
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Valaida between 1933 and 1956, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valaida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valaida performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Valaida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valaida 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 17 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.
Valaida at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valaida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1933
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
17 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1936 with 7 births in a single year.
Valaida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 12 births that decade — 71% of Valaida's all-time total
Valaida decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Valaida's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% 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, 1933–1956 (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.