Valinda
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 136 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,363since 1942
Valinda over time
Rank among girls' names. Valinda has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
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| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
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| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,395 | 58 |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 |
| 1956 | #1,437 | 54 |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 |
| 1954 | #806 | 136 |
| 1953 | #1,738 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Valinda! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Valinda is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#594 · 1 in 9,944
Best ever in a state: #287 in West Virginia, 1954.
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| Michigan | #594 | 9 | 1 in 9,944 |
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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 Valinda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 932 spots in 1954 (#1,738 → #806)
- Biggest drop: 514 spots in 1955 (#806 → #1,320)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1954 at #806 (136 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1954
- Highest: 1 in 14,279 girls born in 1954 were named Valinda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 40.9% of all girls named Valinda (557) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 139 | #1,564 (1949) | #2,553 |
| 1950s | 557 | #806 (1954) | #1,455 |
| 1960s | 383 | #1,553 (1961) | #1,937 |
| 1970s | 179 | #2,647 (1970) | #3,962 |
| 1980s | 94 | #4,167 (1982) | #6,990 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,780 (1993) | #12,752 |
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.
Valinda in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
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1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 33,712 of them was named Valinda, which outranked 80.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,309Selena59
- #1,309Vannessa59
- #1,309Wonda59
- #1,320Valinda58
- #1,320Alethea58
- #1,320Ardis58
- #1,320Arnetta58
- #1,334Alyson57
- #1,334Anthony57
- #1,334Ardith57
Tied with 13 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.