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Valda

A given name in Italian, Portuguese and 2 more

feminineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Not established
4 language contexts: Italian Portuguese Estonian +1 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Valda

Valda is a feminine given name documented in Italian, Portuguese, Estonian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. Feminine form of Valdis, from valdīt (“to rule”), and shortened from compound names containing the similar Germanic name element.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Italian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Valda is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Valda’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1982: 6 girls (rank 9237).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Valda

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1982: 6; applications; Rank #9,237
Peak year: 1957; 62 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Valda in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,555	observed
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	5	1,596	observed
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	8	1,227	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	9	1,204	observed
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	9	1,298	observed
1906	7	1,553	observed
1907	6	1,821	observed
1908	13	1,135	observed
1909	9	1,471	observed
1910	17	1,069	observed
1911	16	1,113	observed
1912	16	1,352	observed
1913	16	1,465	observed
1914	26	1,199	observed
1915	28	1,339	observed
1916	42	1,087	observed
1917	30	1,337	observed
1918	31	1,380	observed
1919	39	1,194	observed
1920	38	1,246	observed
1921	30	1,514	observed
1922	29	1,536	observed
1923	43	1,174	observed
1924	34	1,409	observed
1925	45	1,150	observed
1926	31	1,449	observed
1927	43	1,172	observed
1928	31	1,394	observed
1929	41	1,159	observed
1930	41	1,161	observed
1931	33	1,258	observed
1932	29	1,382	observed
1933	31	1,289	observed
1934	31	1,292	observed
1935	27	1,418	observed
1936	22	1,593	observed
1937	25	1,493	observed
1938	16	2,021	observed
1939	19	1,797	observed
1940	28	1,442	observed
1941	16	2,096	observed
1942	23	1,760	observed
1943	18	2,079	observed
1944	10	2,946	observed
1945	12	2,598	observed
1946	27	1,723	observed
1947	24	1,993	observed
1948	30	1,708	observed
1949	34	1,603	observed
1950	24	1,955	observed
1951	32	1,701	observed
1952	36	1,611	observed
1953	45	1,460	observed
1954	38	1,648	observed
1955	38	1,667	observed
1956	34	1,835	observed
1957	62	1,344	observed
1958	52	1,481	observed
1959	41	1,720	observed
1960	30	2,097	observed
1961	36	1,921	observed
1962	24	2,463	observed
1963	28	2,252	observed
1964	16	3,244	observed
1965	24	2,464	observed
1966	21	2,668	observed
1967	16	3,211	observed
1968	15	3,456	observed
1969	14	3,774	observed
1970	7	6,362	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	8	5,959	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	8,775	observed
1975	7	7,173	observed
1976	6	8,156	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	8	7,313	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	6	9,237	observed
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Valda” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Valda with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q12805191CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Valda

Valda is a feminine given name documented in Italian, Portuguese, Estonian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. Feminine form of Valdis, from valdīt (“to rule”), and shortened from compound names containing the similar Germanic name element.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Italian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Valda is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Valda’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1982: 6 girls (rank 9237).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Valda

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1982: 6; applications; Rank #9,237
Peak year: 1957; 62 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Valda in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,555	observed
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	5	1,596	observed
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	8	1,227	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	9	1,204	observed
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	9	1,298	observed
1906	7	1,553	observed
1907	6	1,821	observed
1908	13	1,135	observed
1909	9	1,471	observed
1910	17	1,069	observed
1911	16	1,113	observed
1912	16	1,352	observed
1913	16	1,465	observed
1914	26	1,199	observed
1915	28	1,339	observed
1916	42	1,087	observed
1917	30	1,337	observed
1918	31	1,380	observed
1919	39	1,194	observed
1920	38	1,246	observed
1921	30	1,514	observed
1922	29	1,536	observed
1923	43	1,174	observed
1924	34	1,409	observed
1925	45	1,150	observed
1926	31	1,449	observed
1927	43	1,172	observed
1928	31	1,394	observed
1929	41	1,159	observed
1930	41	1,161	observed
1931	33	1,258	observed
1932	29	1,382	observed
1933	31	1,289	observed
1934	31	1,292	observed
1935	27	1,418	observed
1936	22	1,593	observed
1937	25	1,493	observed
1938	16	2,021	observed
1939	19	1,797	observed
1940	28	1,442	observed
1941	16	2,096	observed
1942	23	1,760	observed
1943	18	2,079	observed
1944	10	2,946	observed
1945	12	2,598	observed
1946	27	1,723	observed
1947	24	1,993	observed
1948	30	1,708	observed
1949	34	1,603	observed
1950	24	1,955	observed
1951	32	1,701	observed
1952	36	1,611	observed
1953	45	1,460	observed
1954	38	1,648	observed
1955	38	1,667	observed
1956	34	1,835	observed
1957	62	1,344	observed
1958	52	1,481	observed
1959	41	1,720	observed
1960	30	2,097	observed
1961	36	1,921	observed
1962	24	2,463	observed
1963	28	2,252	observed
1964	16	3,244	observed
1965	24	2,464	observed
1966	21	2,668	observed
1967	16	3,211	observed
1968	15	3,456	observed
1969	14	3,774	observed
1970	7	6,362	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	8	5,959	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	8,775	observed
1975	7	7,173	observed
1976	6	8,156	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	8	7,313	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	6	9,237	observed
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q12805191CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Valda

About Valda

Etymology in the sources

Where Valda is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Valdrina

Walda

Alda

Valdo

Valdur

Velda

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Valda

About Valda

Etymology in the sources

Where Valda is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Valdrina

Walda

Alda

Valdo

Valdur

Velda

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Valda

Etymology in the sources

Where Valda is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Valda

Etymology in the sources

Where Valda is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page