Valda

Popularity Trends

The name Valda is the #5,894 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,866 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 23.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,926 (31.3% percentile) for all time with 1,866 births since 1897.

Valda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (first recorded for girls in 1897). Birth data for Valda is available in 76 out of the 86 years between 1897 and 1982. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Valda reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 7.4% percentile (ranked #711) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 41 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Valda".

1897 1982 18971982

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,866

Peak Births

Peak Year

1957

First Recorded

1897

Peak Percentile

7.4%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#711

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Valda", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Valda.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Valda's popularity from 1894 to 1985 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Valda at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Valda range from Velda at 90.7% correlation to Lyle at 85.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 86.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Stanley with 302.3K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Velda with 7.6K births (100% girls).

Valda's share of births peaked at 40.5 births per million for girls in 1957. It reached its lowest point of 3.2 births per million (8% of peak) in 1974. In 1982, the most recent period with data, the name Valda had 3.3 births per million, 8% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Velda

7,559

90.71% (very strong)

Carmel

8,538

88.09% (very strong)

Stanley

302.3k

87.58% (very strong)

Loraine

17.6k

86.07% (very strong)

Bernadine

21.9k

85.86% (very strong)

Delma

9,901

85.83% (very strong)

Weldon

14.2k

85.72% (very strong)

Vernice

8,079

85.71% (very strong)

Arnold

104.2k

85.71% (very strong)

Marcella

65.3k

85.50% (very strong)

Vernon

148.1k

85.50% (very strong)

Lyle

59.8k

85.43% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Valda

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Valda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 71.4% confident that Valda is pronounced as VAHL-duh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VAL-duh, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

VAHL-duh

71.4%

VAL-duh

28.6%

VAHL-duh (2 syllables)

Verified

71.4% confidence

V AA1 L D AH0

VAL-duh (2 syllables)

28.6% confidence

V AE1 L D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like V AA1 L D AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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