Girls' name · since 1993
Walaa
Walaa has 77 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Walaa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 77 recorded since 1993.
Walaa has 77 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2021.
- #30,109 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Walaa ranks #30,109 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Walaa's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Walaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Walaa's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Walaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2021
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Walaa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (35 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Walaa's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Walaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 35 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Walaa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Similar record span (~28 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, 1993–2021 (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 Walaa 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.