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.

Valeda

#12,047 most common girls' name of all time · #19,975 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1899–1981

Rank among girls
#12,047
Rank overall
#19,975 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
431
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,924
Best rank
#1,639 1911
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
19001920194019601980

Valeda first appears in 1899. 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
1981 5 — 5 #10,543
1980 5 — 5 #10,535
1975 9 — 9 #6,049
1972 5 — 5 #8,424
1967 14 — 14 #3,520
1961 8 — 8 #4,959
1960 8 — 8 #4,865
1959 7 — 7 #5,128
1957 5 — 5 #6,227
1956 7 — 7 #4,943
1955 8 — 8 #4,466
1954 10 — 10 #3,781
1953 7 — 7 #4,677
1951 5 — 5 #5,549
1950 8 — 8 #4,052
1949 5 — 5 #5,406
1942 6 — 6 #4,247
1940 9 — 9 #3,040
1938 7 — 7 #3,579
1937 9 — 9 #3,024
1934 6 — 6 #3,924
1932 12 — 12 #2,563
1931 10 — 10 #2,840
1930 10 — 10 #2,935
1929 6 — 6 #4,208
1928 11 — 11 #2,841
1927 15 — 15 #2,388
1926 10 — 10 #3,119
1925 9 — 9 #3,461
1924 13 — 13 #2,720
1923 15 — 15 #2,421
1922 6 — 6 #4,588
1921 7 — 7 #4,132
1920 12 — 12 #2,799
1919 15 — 15 #2,338
1918 12 — 12 #2,741
1917 10 — 10 #2,990
1916 18 — 18 #1,924
1915 13 — 13 #2,327
1914 9 — 9 #2,541
1913 7 — 7 #2,684
1912 8 — 8 #2,279
1911 10 — 10 #1,639
1910 7 — 7 #2,074
1908 6 — 6 #2,026
1907 6 — 6 #1,999
1905 5 — 5 #2,135
1901 5 — 5 #1,893
1900 6 — 6 #1,888
1899 5 — 5 #1,836