Girls' name · since 1966
Valanda
21 babies named Valanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Valanda since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Valanda has 21 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1979.
- #45,714 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valanda ranks #45,714 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #45,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Valanda's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valanda's full recorded timeline at 1975, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1979
- Peak year (1975)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Valanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
1970s was Valanda's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Valanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Valanda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.