Vala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAH-lah
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Vala is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Vala come from?
Icelandic name of uncertain origin
Is Vala a girl's or a boy's name?
Vala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Vala, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had more girls named Vala than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Vala in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Names like Vala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Viha Adhara Arya Luna Aarna Aadhya Vayda Isla Anvika Yashna Saanvi
Names related to Vala
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vala, updated 20 October 2026.