Girls' name · since 1880
Vallie
Vallie has 3,462 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,873 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,462
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Vallie currently ranks #1873 among girls' names in America, with 3,462 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vallie has been recorded 3,462 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1873 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #3,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,873 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,462 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vallie ranks #3,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,873 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,462 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #3,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,873 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,462
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Vallie's 3,462 recorded births place it above 95.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Vallie compares
3,462 Top 17% higher than 83% of 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
Vallie's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vallie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,462 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 105 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vallie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vallie's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 28% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 72%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 105, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vallie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 105
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Vallie popularity over time - boys
143 total births recorded since 1897 (Vallie as boys' name)
Vallie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (629 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Vallie's strongest decade.
629 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Vallie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 186
1880s
186 births
- 1890s
1890s
312 births
- 1900s
1900s
387 births
- 1910s
1910s
629 births
- 1920s
1920s
548 births
- 1930s
1930s
341 births
- 1940s 238
1940s
238 births
- 1950s 196
1950s
196 births
- 1960s 101
1960s
101 births
- 1970s 61
1970s
61 births
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s 74
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
291 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 629 births (18% of all-time use).
How Vallie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Vallie's total volume
Vallie by state
Where Vallie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 228 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 210 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 132 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 120 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 91 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 39 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 21 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 10 | 0.3% |
228 of 3,462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Vallie appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Vallie's data
- Vallie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (629 total births) through the 2020s (291) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- North Carolina records the most Vallies (228 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Vallie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Vallie 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.