Valenda — girls' name
27 babies named Valenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Valenda was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Valenda in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valenda
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Valenda between 1953 and 1966, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valenda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Valenda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valenda 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 27 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.
Valenda at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1953
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
27 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 6 births in a single year.
Valenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 17 births that decade — 63% of Valenda's all-time total
Valenda decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Valenda's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1953–1966 (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.