Waleska — #8502 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Waleska

The Social Security Administration has registered 534 babies named Waleska between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waleska currently holds the #8502 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waleska performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Waleska shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 166 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Waleska in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waleska 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 534 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.