Vala
- #9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 216since 1921
Vala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Vala has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
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| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Vala! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Vala is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Vala in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Vala
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 89 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #9,457)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1939 at #3,429 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 135,313
- Highest: 1 in 135,313 girls born in 2011 were named Vala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,429 in 1939, was only 1 in 156,659 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.2% of all girls named Vala (76) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 20 | #4,851 (1926) | #4,973 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,429 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,967 (1954) | #5,105 |
| 1960s | 20 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,558 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 27 | #9,476 (2008) | #11,952 |
| 2010s | 76 | #8,614 (2011) | #12,027 |
| 2020s | 35 | #9,457 (2025) | #10,608 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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