Valeda
USS Valeda (SP-592) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Meaning & Origin of Valeda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
USS Valeda (SP-592) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
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The Story of Valeda
Valeda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1899, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 18 births, good for #1,867 nationwide. About 25% of every Valeda on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Valeda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1981, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 431 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Valeda
Valeda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1899 and has accumulated 431 births in the dataset. Valeda's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,867. Use the chart and map above to compare Valeda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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