Valdis — boys' name
82 babies named Valdis in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Valdis was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Valdis in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valdis
The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Valdis between 1952 and 1978, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valdis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valdis performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Valdis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valdis 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 82 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.
Valdis at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valdis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1952
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
82 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 13 births in a single year.
Valdis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 40 births that decade — 49% of Valdis's all-time total
Valdis decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Valdis's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1952–1978 (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.