Girls' name · since 1900
Valma
Valma has 388 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 388
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
388 girls have been named Valma since 1900, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valma has been recorded 388 times among girls since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1964.
- #13,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 388 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valma ranks #13,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 388 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 388
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Valma's 388 recorded births place it above 80.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valma splits its recorded history at 1927: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Valma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1964
- Peak year (1919)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Valma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (130 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Valma's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Valma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 27
1900s
27 births
- 1910s
1910s
103 births
- 1920s
1920s
130 births
- 1930s
1930s
57 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 39
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 130 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Valma's decade-level peak was the 1920s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Valma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1900–1964 (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 Valma 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.