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.

Valinda

#5,755 most common girls' name of all time · #9,734 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1942–1997

Rank among girls
#5,755
Rank overall
#9,734 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,363
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1954 #809
Best rank
#809 1954
Girls Boys peak 136/yr
19601980

Valinda first appears in 1942. 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
1997 5 — 5 #14,059
1993 6 — 6 #12,029
1988 6 — 6 #10,645
1987 10 — 10 #6,934
1986 7 — 7 #8,773
1985 7 — 7 #8,548
1984 7 — 7 #8,381
1983 8 — 8 #7,511
1982 18 — 18 #4,232
1981 15 — 15 #4,810
1980 16 — 16 #4,600
1979 11 — 11 #5,884
1978 18 — 18 #3,984
1977 13 — 13 #5,026
1976 10 — 10 #5,762
1975 18 — 18 #3,692
1974 21 — 21 #3,258
1973 19 — 19 #3,403
1972 15 — 15 #3,984
1971 27 — 27 #2,703
1970 27 — 27 #2,674
1969 31 — 31 #2,336
1968 33 — 33 #2,112
1967 24 — 24 #2,536
1966 33 — 33 #2,040
1965 34 — 34 #2,021
1964 49 — 49 #1,658
1963 45 — 45 #1,733
1962 39 — 39 #1,849
1961 53 — 53 #1,564
1960 42 — 42 #1,760
1959 67 — 67 #1,314
1958 58 — 58 #1,406
1957 55 — 55 #1,439
1956 54 — 54 #1,451
1955 58 — 58 #1,332
1954 136 — 136 #809
1953 33 — 33 #1,755
1952 32 — 32 #1,777
1951 30 — 30 #1,802
1950 34 — 34 #1,621
1949 35 — 35 #1,601
1948 29 — 29 #1,776
1947 21 — 21 #2,196
1946 14 — 14 #2,730
1945 11 — 11 #2,908
1944 14 — 14 #2,509
1943 8 — 8 #3,788
1942 7 — 7 #4,122