Valdez — boys' name

What the Data Says About Valdez

The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Valdez between 1957 and 2013, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valdez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valdez performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Valdez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Valdez in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valdez 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 258 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.