How Many People Are Named Valda?
people named Valda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 446,777 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,866 babies named Valda in Social Security records from 1897 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Modern coinage from Germanic wald meaning "power, rule". It has been in use only since the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Valda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Valda alive today is about 70 years old, and 86% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Valda first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1957, to 62 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Valda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,098, in 1916.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,098 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,625 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Valda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Valda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 45 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Valda was given about 10.8 times as often in Texas.
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