Valarie
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 641 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,714since 1910
Valarie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Valarie has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 |
| 2023 | #3,386 | 47 |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 |
| 2017 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 |
| 2013 | #2,408 | 75 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 |
| 2011 | #2,909 | 59 |
| 2010 | #2,476 | 75 |
| 2009 | #2,338 | 83 |
| 2008 | #2,042 | 101 |
| 2007 | #2,015 | 101 |
| 2006 | #2,127 | 91 |
| 2005 | #1,894 | 102 |
| 2004 | #2,030 | 90 |
| 2003 | #1,823 | 102 |
| 2002 | #1,654 | 111 |
| 2001 | #1,795 | 99 |
| 2000 | #1,744 | 100 |
| 1999 | #1,539 | 110 |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 |
| 1997 | #1,395 | 121 |
| 1996 | #1,314 | 130 |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 |
| 1994 | #1,323 | 128 |
| 1993 | #1,397 | 116 |
| 1992 | #1,357 | 122 |
| 1991 | #1,257 | 134 |
| 1990 | #1,029 | 175 |
| 1989 | #933 | 192 |
| 1988 | #952 | 176 |
| 1987 | #838 | 208 |
| 1986 | #764 | 226 |
| 1985 | #679 | 266 |
| 1984 | #616 | 289 |
| 1983 | #583 | 306 |
| 1982 | #577 | 317 |
| 1981 | #608 | 303 |
| 1980 | #618 | 297 |
| 1979 | #575 | 316 |
| 1978 | #594 | 287 |
| 1977 | #520 | 357 |
| 1976 | #560 | 300 |
| 1975 | #569 | 291 |
| 1974 | #566 | 284 |
| 1973 | #508 | 337 |
| 1972 | #536 | 313 |
| 1971 | #520 | 357 |
| 1970 | #485 | 412 |
| 1969 | #459 | 445 |
| 1968 | #425 | 497 |
| 1967 | #437 | 462 |
| 1966 | #425 | 475 |
| 1965 | #418 | 498 |
| 1964 | #379 | 641 |
| 1963 | #405 | 560 |
| 1962 | #430 | 515 |
| 1961 | #423 | 539 |
| 1960 | #418 | 534 |
| 1959 | #413 | 527 |
| 1958 | #428 | 481 |
| 1957 | #471 | 403 |
| 1956 | #508 | 342 |
| 1955 | #508 | 331 |
| 1954 | #487 | 329 |
| 1953 | #512 | 281 |
| 1952 | #502 | 279 |
| 1951 | #559 | 230 |
| 1950 | #591 | 204 |
| 1949 | #548 | 234 |
| 1948 | #655 | 162 |
| 1947 | #875 | 101 |
| 1946 | #961 | 75 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 |
| 1944 | #1,072 | 53 |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
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| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
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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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Florida#221 · 1 in 1,221
- Oklahoma#256 · 1 in 1,489
- Tennessee#282 · 1 in 2,130
- District of Columbia#288 · 1 in 1,889
- Alabama#308 · 1 in 2,147
Best ever in a state: #150 in Wyoming, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #221 | 41 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Oklahoma | #256 | 14 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Tennessee | #282 | 17 | 1 in 2,130 |
| District of Columbia | #288 | 7 | 1 in 1,889 |
| Alabama | #308 | 16 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Kentucky | #320 | 13 | 1 in 2,453 |
| Virginia | #329 | 16 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Arkansas | #337 | 8 | 1 in 2,186 |
| Arizona | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,919 |
| Connecticut | #343 | 8 | 1 in 3,070 |
| Iowa | #343 | 9 | 1 in 3,146 |
| Utah | #345 | 5 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Maryland | #347 | 11 | 1 in 2,757 |
| Colorado | #349 | 9 | 1 in 2,208 |
| New Jersey | #363 | 17 | 1 in 3,454 |
| South Carolina | #364 | 10 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Illinois | #368 | 34 | 1 in 3,136 |
| Georgia | #386 | 15 | 1 in 2,970 |
| Missouri | #388 | 12 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Pennsylvania | #390 | 29 | 1 in 3,829 |
| Ohio | #402 | 27 | 1 in 3,861 |
| New York | #412 | 44 | 1 in 3,817 |
| Mississippi | #448 | 7 | 1 in 3,546 |
| Michigan | #464 | 16 | 1 in 5,430 |
| Indiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 5,545 |
| California | #484 | 42 | 1 in 4,170 |
| Louisiana | #487 | 10 | 1 in 3,804 |
| Wisconsin | #497 | 6 | 1 in 7,366 |
| North Carolina | #505 | 9 | 1 in 5,419 |
| Texas | #520 | 26 | 1 in 4,298 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | #2,100 (1917) | #2,712 |
| 1920s | 126 | #2,091 (1923) | #2,761 |
| 1930s | 192 | #1,268 (1938) | #1,984 |
| 1940s | 857 | #548 (1949) | #994 |
| 1950s | 3,407 | #413 (1959) | #498 |
| 1960s | 5,166 | #379 (1964) | #422 |
| 1970s | 3,254 | #485 (1970) | #543 |
| 1980s | 2,580 | #577 (1982) | #717 |
| 1990s | 1,281 | #1,029 (1990) | #1,336 |
| 2000s | 980 | #1,654 (2002) | #1,946 |
| 2010s | 501 | #2,408 (2013) | #3,371 |
| 2020s | 290 | #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 1961
girls
#423
539 births · 1 in 3,745 girls
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 3,745 of them was named Valarie, which outranked 94.4% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Valarie
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.