Valma
Valma is a fisherman village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County in Estonia.
Meaning & Origin of Valma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Valma is a fisherman village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County in Estonia.
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The Story of Valma
The earliest SSA record of Valma as a baby girl name dates back to 1900, when 10 babies received it. 1919 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Valma — #1,855 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Valma on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Valma last appeared in the published SSA data in 1964, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 388 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Valma
Valma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 388 births in the dataset. Valma's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #1,855. Use the chart and map above to compare Valma'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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