Valinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Valinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,363 babies named Valinda between 1942 and 1997, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 136 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 557 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Valinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Valinda in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valinda 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 1,363 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.