Valinda
Valinda was last recorded in 1997, when 5 babies were given it; 1,363 Americans have been recorded with it between 1942 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,130 Americans named Valinda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 57 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Valinda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Valinda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Valinda is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Valinda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,051, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
136 babies in 1954, the peak
Valinda peaked in 1954, when 136 girls were given it, #808 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | #16,051 | 2.9 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,377 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,735 | 3.4 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,327 | 5.8 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,497 | 4.1 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,268 | 4.1 |
| 1984 | 7 | #9,105 | 4.2 |
| 1983 | 8 | #8,016 | 4.8 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,340 | 10.6 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,952 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (49)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 16 | #4,737 | 9.6 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,169 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 18 | #4,077 | 11.8 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,201 | 8.5 |
| 1976 | 10 | #6,029 | 6.8 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,768 | 12.3 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,311 | 14.3 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,475 | 13.0 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,084 | 9.9 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,731 | 16.2 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,700 | 15.4 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,349 | 18.4 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,125 | 20.1 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,555 | 14.5 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,055 | 19.5 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,030 | 19.3 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,664 | 25.9 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,736 | 23.3 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,854 | 19.8 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,566 | 26.3 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,761 | 20.8 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,312 | 33.1 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,407 | 28.8 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,440 | 26.9 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,450 | 26.9 |
| 1955 | 58 | #1,332 | 29.7 |
| 1954 | 136 | #808 | 70.0 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,755 | 17.5 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,777 | 17.3 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,801 | 16.7 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,622 | 19.8 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,598 | 20.5 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,773 | 17.1 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,194 | 11.8 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,729 | 8.9 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,903 | 8.4 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,505 | 10.5 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,787 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,095 | 5.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Valinda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Valinda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 49 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Valinda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Valinda, and how old are they?
1,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 1,363 Americans ever recorded as Valinda. The median Valinda alive today is 65 years old; half are between 57 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,168 people named Valinda (1,168 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,201 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 22 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 322 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 81 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Valinda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Valinda and names like it
- Compare Valinda and TeresiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sValinda peaked in 1954.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Valinda since 1910.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Valinda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Valinda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.