Valera
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,063since 1896
Valera over time
Rank among girls' names. Valera has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
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| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
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| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 |
| 1917 | #1,205 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,189 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,153 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Valera! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Valera is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#711 · 1 in 7,075
Best ever in a state: #387 in Iowa, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #711 | 7 | 1 in 7,075 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Valera
- 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1910 at #1,110 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,781 girls born in 1910 were named Valera (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.8% of all girls named Valera (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,556 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,492 |
| 1910s | 260 | #1,110 (1910) | #1,285 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,282 (1920) | #1,667 |
| 1930s | 168 | #1,488 (1932) | #2,041 |
| 1940s | 123 | #2,018 (1941) | #2,754 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,909 (1950) | #3,970 |
| 1960s | 67 | #3,558 (1966) | #5,235 |
| 1970s | 8 | #6,258 (1974) | #6,258 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 12 | #11,932 (2025) | #13,613 |
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.
Valera in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 31,287 of them was named Valera, which outranked 77.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,214Tommy38
- #1,214Twyla38
- #1,214Vonda38
- #1,234Valera37
- #1,234Anabel37
- #1,234Annice37
- #1,234Antonina37
- #1,255Aili36
- #1,255Albertina36
- #1,255Alverna36
Tied with 20 names at #1,234; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.