Walida — girls' name
66 babies named Walida in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
92% of everyone ever named Walida was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Walida in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Walida
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Walida between 1973 and 1980, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Walida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Walida performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Walida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Walida in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Walida 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 66 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.
Walida at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Walida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
66 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 15 births in a single year.
Walida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 61 births that decade — 92% of Walida's all-time total
Walida decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Walida's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 92% of all-time use.
Walida by state
Where Walida concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 16.7% |
11 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.7% 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, 1973–1980 (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.