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Valinda

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Valinda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 809th, in 1954.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1954136 births
Best rank
#809in 1954
Since 1942
1,363people given the name
Babies named Valinda, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,363 girls have been named Valinda in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 136 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 136 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 41%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Valinda
1940s139
1950s557
1960s383
1970s179
1980s94
1990s11

In 1954, its biggest year

Valinda was the 809th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.

Names that rose and fell with Valinda

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.