Valesha — girls' name
22 babies named Valesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Valesha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Valesha in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Valesha between 1972 and 1993, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Valesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valesha 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 22 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.
Valesha at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1972
- Peak year (1982)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
22 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 6 births in a single year.
Valesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 50% of Valesha's all-time total
Valesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Valesha's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1972–1993 (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.