Val
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 76.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 178 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,657since 1882
Val over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,926 | 27 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,546 | 36 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | — | #1,787 | 27 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #1,294 | 41 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #1,307 | 41 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,138 | 52 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #1,070 | 58 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #972 | 62 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #1,068 | 48 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #867 | 68 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #901 | 64 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #859 | 73 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | #867 | 77 |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 | #773 | 97 |
| 1962 | #1,444 | 59 | #758 | 102 |
| 1961 | #1,122 | 96 | #813 | 88 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 | #709 | 122 |
| 1959 | #1,110 | 93 | #669 | 130 |
| 1958 | #988 | 110 | #675 | 127 |
| 1957 | #1,096 | 91 | #644 | 142 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 | #587 | 168 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 | #604 | 150 |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 | #609 | 148 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | #572 | 156 |
| 1952 | #1,402 | 48 | #523 | 178 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 | #590 | 138 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | #578 | 138 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #590 | 132 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | #587 | 129 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | #638 | 116 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #626 | 105 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #728 | 71 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #664 | 87 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #773 | 71 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | #620 | 103 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #719 | 74 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #659 | 84 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #663 | 80 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | #683 | 78 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | #713 | 71 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 | #685 | 75 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #688 | 77 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #779 | 63 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #745 | 67 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #756 | 69 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #802 | 65 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | #1,026 | 44 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #1,108 | 40 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #873 | 61 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Val! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Val is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Ohio#569 · 1 in 15,048
- Pennsylvania#580 · 1 in 18,120
- California#691 · 1 in 13,934
Best ever in a state: #61 in Utah, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #569 | 6 | 1 in 15,048 |
| Pennsylvania | #580 | 5 | 1 in 18,120 |
| California | #691 | 12 | 1 in 13,934 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Val
- 904 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,539)
- 6,066 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #4,539)
- 1,785 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 770 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1903 (#794 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1952 at #523 (178 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1930–1967
- Highest: 1 in 10,919 boys born in 1952 were named Val (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.1% of all boys named Val (1,475) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1961, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #936 (1885) | #946 |
| 1890s | 19 | #787 (1897) | #931 |
| 1900s | 56 | #794 (1902) | #1,055 |
| 1910s | 237 | #970 (1912) | #1,257 |
| 1920s | 436 | #873 (1923) | #1,084 |
| 1930s | 701 | #663 (1939) | #736 |
| 1940s | 972 | #587 (1948) | #660 |
| 1950s | 1,475 | #523 (1952) | #605 |
| 1960s | 801 | #709 (1960) | #859 |
| 1970s | 356 | #1,070 (1970) | #1,629 |
| 1980s | 147 | #2,038 (1981) | #3,480 |
| 1990s | 151 | #2,926 (1998) | #4,274 |
| 2000s | 119 | #3,764 (2000) | #6,730 |
| 2010s | 82 | #6,324 (2015) | #8,340 |
| 2020s | 90 | #4,539 (2025) | #6,480 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Val in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 96,493 of them was named Val, which outranked 61.3% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,057Wendelyn18
- #3,057Wesley18
- #3,057Zoila18
- #3,169Val17
- #3,169Adelaide17
- #3,169Alayna17
- #3,169Allie17
- #3,315Abbey16
- #3,315Alaine16
- #3,315Aleisha16
Tied with 145 names at #3,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 36,208 of them was named Val, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,057Sharon49
- #1,057Tristan49
- #1,057Wilburn49
- #1,068Val48
- #1,068Artie48
- #1,068Bartholomew48
- #1,068Booker48
- #1,083Ambrose47
- #1,083Buford47
- #1,083Cyril47
Tied with 14 names at #1,068; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.