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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Valda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Valda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Valda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Valda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Valda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Valda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Valda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Valda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 100%
1914 26 0.000018357 26 100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 100%
1916 42 0.000021712 42 100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 100%
1919 39 0.000018481 39 100%
1920 38 0.000016795 38 100%
1921 30 0.000012851 30 100%
1922 29 0.000012668 29 100%
1923 43 0.000018676 43 100%
1924 34 0.000014276 34 100%
1925 45 0.000019286 45 100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 100%
1927 43 0.00001854 43 100%
1928 31 0.000013711 31 100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 100%
1930 41 0.000018441 41 100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 100%
1932 29 0.000013736 29 100%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 100%
1934 31 0.000014927 31 100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 30 0.000008689 30 100%
1949 34 0.000009757 34 100%
1950 24 0.000006851 24 100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 100%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 100%
1953 45 0.000011677 45 100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 100%
1955 38 0.000009464 38 100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 100%
1957 62 0.000014754 62 100%
1958 52 0.000012579 52 100%
1959 41 0.000009861 41 100%
1960 30 0.000007222 30 100%
1961 36 0.000008691 36 100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%

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