Valecia — girls' name
434 babies named Valecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Valecia was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Valecia in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 434 babies named Valecia between 1955 and 2008, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valecia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Valecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Valecia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valecia 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 434 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.
Valecia at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1955
- Peak year (1969)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
434 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 27 births in a single year.
Valecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 149 births that decade — 34% of Valecia's all-time total
Valecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 149 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Valecia's strongest decade
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Valecia by state
Where Valecia concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 434 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1955–2008 (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.