Walda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Walda

The Social Security Administration has registered 330 babies named Walda between 1911 and 1957, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Walda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Walda performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Walda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Walda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Walda 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 330 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.