Girls' name · since 1966
Valesia
15 babies named Valesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Valesia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1966.
Valesia has 15 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1989.
- #50,305 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1966
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valesia ranks #50,305 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1966, peaking in the 1960s.
- #50,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Valesia's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valesia splits its recorded history at 1968: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births).
Valesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1989
- Peak year (1966)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1989.
15 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 5 births in a single year.
Valesia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1960s was Valesia's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Valesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
Valesia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Valesia's data
- Valesia's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Valesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1966–1989 (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 Valesia 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.
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