Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Valera

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Valera
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1896Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

86.8%

2024

All-time

1,056

Valera has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 38 girls were named Valera.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 86.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,056 Americans have been named Valera and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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