Girls' name · since 1914
Valia
Valia has 85 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,014 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Valia is the #12014 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 85 recorded since 1914.
Valia has 85 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12014 as of the latest data, more common than 31% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #29,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,014 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valia ranks #29,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,014 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #29,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,014 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Valia's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Valia compares
85 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Valia's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Valia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valia's full recorded timeline at 1957, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Valia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (29 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Valia's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Valia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
29 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 29 births (34% of all-time use).
Valia by state
Where Valia concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 5.9% |
5 of 85 births nationwide.
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What to do with Valia's data
- Valia's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Valias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
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 Valia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Valia 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.