Girls' name · since 1914
Valaria
272 babies named Valaria in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1914
- 1960s
- peak decade
272 girls have been named Valaria since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valaria has been recorded 272 times among girls since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1994.
- #16,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 272 born since 1914
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valaria ranks #16,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 272 born since 1914, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1914
- 1960s
- peak decade
Valaria's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valaria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valaria splits its recorded history at 1956: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Valaria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1994
- Peak year (1960)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Valaria by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (74 births, 27% of the file).
1960s was Valaria's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Valaria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
- 1960s
1960s
74 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 74 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Valaria's data
- Valaria's decade-level peak was the 1960s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Valaria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1914–1994 (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 Valaria 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.