Valen
#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · #1,609 for boys in 2025, 105 births
Given to boys 73.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 105 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,372since 1959
Valen 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 | #1,609 | 105 |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | #1,673 | 100 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,668 | 102 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #1,892 | 83 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #1,943 | 77 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #2,094 | 67 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #1,981 | 74 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #1,958 | 73 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #2,145 | 64 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #2,528 | 49 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #2,370 | 54 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #2,551 | 48 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #3,377 | 32 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #3,105 | 37 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | — | #4,011 | 25 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,198 | 21 | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #5,468 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Valen! It came in at #3,290, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Valen is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Michigan#1,003 · 1 in 6,917
- Georgia#1,338 · 1 in 10,246
- Florida#1,606 · 1 in 15,890
- California#1,752 · 1 in 21,014
- Texas#1,955 · 1 in 22,339
Best ever in a state: #509 in Nevada, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 6,917 |
| Georgia | #1,338 | 5 | 1 in 10,246 |
| Florida | #1,606 | 6 | 1 in 15,890 |
| California | #1,752 | 9 | 1 in 21,014 |
| Texas | #1,955 | 8 | 1 in 22,339 |
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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 Valen
- 64 spots since 2024 (#1,673 → #1,609)
- 485 spots since 2020 (#2,094 → #1,609)
- 919 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #1,609)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2025 at #1,609 (105 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 were named Valen (0.01%)
- 38.9% of all boys named Valen (534) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1999, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 | #3,290 (1959) | #3,290 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 22 | #5,468 (1981) | #6,688 |
| 1990s | 74 | #5,236 (1992) | #6,471 |
| 2000s | 205 | #3,105 (2009) | #4,458 |
| 2010s | 530 | #1,958 (2017) | #2,558 |
| 2020s | 534 | #1,609 (2025) | #1,813 |
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.
Valen in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 65,605 of them was named Valen, which outranked 70.9% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,028Xaniyah26
- #5,028Yui26
- #5,028Zo26
- #5,172Valen25
- #5,172Abeeha25
- #5,172Ace25
- #5,172Airi25
- #5,309Aadhini24
- #5,309Aamirah24
- #5,309Adrianne24
Tied with 136 names at #5,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 21,036 of them was named Valen, which outranked 86.8% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,875Shayan84
- #1,875Sloan84
- #1,875Vander84
- #1,892Valen83
- #1,892Austyn83
- #1,892Brenton83
- #1,892Ciaran83
- #1,907Abdulrahman82
- #1,907Ahmari82
- #1,907Arvin82
Tied with 14 names at #1,892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.