Valta — girls' name
130 babies named Valta in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Valta was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Valta in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valta
The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Valta between 1907 and 1942, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Valta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Valta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valta 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 130 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.
Valta at a glance
Last recorded 1942Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1907
- Peak year (1915)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1942.
130 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 9 births in a single year.
Valta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 60 births that decade — 46% of Valta's all-time total
Valta decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Valta's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Valta by state
Where Valta concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 130 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1907–1942 (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.