Valeta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Valeta

The Social Security Administration has registered 661 babies named Valeta between 1910 and 1981, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valeta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valeta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Valeta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kansas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Valeta in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valeta 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 661 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.