Girls' name · since 1917
Valina
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 127 babies named Valina, peaking in 1964. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,035 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
127 babies have been named Valina since 1917, making it today's #12035 girls' name.
Valina has 127 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12035 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, 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 1917 to 2025.
- #24,536 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,035 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 127 born since 1917
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valina ranks #24,536 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,035 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 127 born since 1917, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,035 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
Valina's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Valina compares
127 29th 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
Valina's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 127 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Valina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valina's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Valina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Valina by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (29 births, 23% of the file).
1960s was Valina's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Valina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
29 births
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 29 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Valina's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- 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 Valina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Valina 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.