Girls' name · since 1965
Walesca
23 babies named Walesca in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Walesca since 1965, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Walesca has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1965, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1978.
- #44,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Walesca ranks #44,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #44,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Walesca's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Walesca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Walesca's full recorded timeline at 1977, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Walesca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1978
- Peak year (1967)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Walesca by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Walesca's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Walesca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Walesca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 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, 1965–1978 (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 Walesca 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.