Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Valdis

#16,738 most common boys' name of all time · #43,697 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1952–1978

Rank among boys
#16,738
Rank overall
#43,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
82
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1971 #2,786
Best rank
#2,786 1971
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
1960

Valdis first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1978 — 5 5 #6,157
1975 — 5 5 #5,838
1974 — 5 5 #5,582
1971 — 13 13 #2,786
1970 — 8 8 #3,736
1969 — 6 6 #4,258
1959 — 5 5 #4,462
1958 — 7 7 #3,524
1957 — 5 5 #4,450
1955 — 5 5 #4,332
1954 — 7 7 #3,441
1953 — 5 5 #4,286
1952 — 6 6 #3,731