Valda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Valda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,866 babies named Valda between 1897 and 1982, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 402 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Valda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Nebraska. In total, SSA state-level files list Valda in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valda 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 1,866 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.