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.

Valois

#30,164 most common girls' name of all time · #48,726 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–1943

Rank among girls
#30,164
Rank overall
#48,726 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
60
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #3,689
Best rank
#3,465 1941
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Valois first appears in 1917. 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
1943 5 — 5 #5,061
1941 8 — 8 #3,465
1935 7 — 7 #3,660
1932 5 — 5 #4,858
1930 5 — 5 #5,003
1928 8 — 8 #3,689
1927 7 — 7 #4,199
1926 5 — 5 #5,365
1922 5 — 5 #5,496
1917 5 — 5 #5,298