Valarie

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births

Peak · girls
1964 · 641 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,714
since 1910

Valarie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Valarie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #379, 1964girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,24948
2024#2,43474
2023#3,38647
2022#3,31348
2021#3,55343
2020#4,45330
2019#3,61142
2018#3,43845
2017#3,34647
2016#4,25034
2015#3,29949
2014#3,84839
2013#2,40875
2012#4,12136
2011#2,90959
2010#2,47675
2009#2,33883
2008#2,042101
2007#2,015101
2006#2,12791
2005#1,894102
2004#2,03090
2003#1,823102
2002#1,654111
2001#1,79599
2000#1,744100
1999#1,539110
1998#1,443118
1997#1,395121
1996#1,314130
1995#1,306127
1994#1,323128
1993#1,397116
1992#1,357122
1991#1,257134
1990#1,029175
1989#933192
1988#952176
1987#838208
1986#764226
1985#679266
1984#616289
1983#583306
1982#577317
1981#608303
1980#618297
1979#575316
1978#594287
1977#520357
1976#560300
1975#569291
1974#566284
1973#508337
1972#536313
1971#520357
1970#485412
1969#459445
1968#425497
1967#437462
1966#425475
1965#418498
1964#379641
1963#405560
1962#430515
1961#423539
1960#418534
1959#413527
1958#428481
1957#471403
1956#508342
1955#508331
1954#487329
1953#512281
1952#502279
1951#559230
1950#591204
1949#548234
1948#655162
1947#875101
1946#96175
1945#1,06054
1944#1,07253
1943#1,00662
1942#1,22942
1941#1,08746
1940#1,44228
1939#1,47426
1938#1,26833
1937#1,99916
1936#1,50724
1935#1,41827
1934#2,08715
1933#1,97016
1932#2,83110
1931#1,94117
1930#3,3458
1929#3,1379
1928#2,62312
1927#2,33915
1926#2,16517
1925#2,37815
1924#3,14410
1923#2,09118
1922#2,61213
1921#4,0237
1920#3,09710
1919#3,4528
1918#2,67412
1917#2,10016
1916#3,0319
1915#3,1348
1914#3,1886
1913#2,3318
1912#2,3607
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Valarie! It came in at #2,140, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Valarie is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedAKMaine: #264 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #520 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,668 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #431 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,479 girlsMINew York: #446 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,174 girlsNYMassachusetts: #427 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,318 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedRIOregon: #355 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,211 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #426 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,425 girlsINOhio: #479 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,798 girlsOHPennsylvania: #481 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,535 girlsPANew Jersey: #406 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,265 girlsNJConnecticut: #269 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,709 girlsCTCalifornia: #461 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 4,948 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,823 girlsMOKentucky: #509 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,823 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #463 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,821 girlsVAMaryland: #281 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,561 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedARTennessee: #310 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,978 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,901 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #461 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,700 girlsMSAlabama: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,343 girlsALGeorgia: #412 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,175 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedHITexas: #535 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,334 girlsTXFlorida: #309 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,353 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#264 · 1 in 1,893
  2. Connecticut#269 · 1 in 2,709
  3. Maryland#281 · 1 in 2,561
  4. Florida#309 · 1 in 2,353
  5. Tennessee#310 · 1 in 2,978

Best ever in a state: #150 in Wyoming, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#26451 in 1,893
Connecticut#26981 in 2,709
Maryland#281111 in 2,561
Florida#309161 in 2,353
Tennessee#310131 in 2,978
Oregon#35551 in 3,211
New Jersey#406101 in 5,265
Georgia#412111 in 4,175
Missouri#41691 in 4,823
Indiana#42691 in 5,425
Massachusetts#42761 in 8,318
Michigan#431161 in 5,479
South Carolina#44261 in 4,901
New York#446311 in 5,174
California#461291 in 4,948
Mississippi#46161 in 4,700
Virginia#46371 in 5,821
Ohio#479151 in 6,798
Pennsylvania#481151 in 7,535
Kentucky#50951 in 6,823
Illinois#520131 in 7,668
Texas#535211 in 5,334
Alabama#56051 in 7,343
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Valarie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 815 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #3,249)
  • 1,204 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #3,249)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #3,249)
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1948 (#875 → #655)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1988 (#838 → #952)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1964 at #379 (641 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1946–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,956
  • Highest: 1 in 2,956 girls born in 1964 were named Valarie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Valarie (5,166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s80#2,100 (1917)#2,712
1920s126#2,091 (1923)#2,761
1930s192#1,268 (1938)#1,984
1940s857#548 (1949)#994
1950s3,407#413 (1959)#498
1960s5,166#379 (1964)#422
1970s3,254#485 (1970)#543
1980s2,580#577 (1982)#717
1990s1,281#1,029 (1990)#1,336
2000s980#1,654 (2002)#1,946
2010s501#2,408 (2013)#3,371
2020s290#2,434 (2024)#3,398

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Valarie in 1954

girls
#487
329 births · 1 in 5,902 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #487Valarie329
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 5,902 of them was named Valarie, which outranked 92.6% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valarie
  1. #484Ruthie331
  2. #485Stacey330
  3. #485Tracey330
  4. #487Valarie329
  5. #487Sharron329
  6. #489Leticia326
  7. #490Myrtle325
  8. #490Pam325

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →