Recorded 1893–2025 · United States
Valeska was most popular in 2010, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #9,378 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 790 people named Valeska.
Valeska first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1893, which makes it about 132 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 68 of the 133 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 790 American births named Valeska between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 659 are estimated to be alive today.
21 American babies were named Valeska in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.
Valeska is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 20 births a year, against 14 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +44% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Valeska is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 790 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 659 Americans named Valeska are alive today — 84% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 10 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org