Valissa — girls' name
214 babies named Valissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Valissa was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Valissa in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Valissa between 1953 and 2003, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Valissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valissa 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 214 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.
Valissa at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1953
- Peak year (1967)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
214 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 12 births in a single year.
Valissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 66 births that decade — 31% of Valissa's all-time total
Valissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Valissa's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.