Waleska
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- wah-LES-kuh
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Waleska is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Waleska come from?
Latin American use; source uncertain, perhaps Polish
Is Waleska a girl's or a boy's name?
Waleska is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waleska in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Waleska, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Waleska in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Waleska in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
Names like Waleska
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Samantha, Alyssa, Amira, Alaina, Amanda, Samira, Sabrina, Amina, Samara, Alisha, Miranda
Names related to Waleska
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, “Waleska: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waleska, updated 20 October 2026.