Girls' name · since 1953
Valenda
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.
- #42,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Valenda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1953.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valenda has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1953, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1966.
- #42,487 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1953
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valenda ranks #42,487 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1953, peaking in the 1950s.
- #42,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Valenda's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valenda's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Valenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1966
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Valenda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
1950s was Valenda's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Valenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Valenda's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1960s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1966 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Valenda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.