Valencia

#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 261 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,198
since 1919

Valencia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Valencia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #633, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,721118—
2024#1,264184—
2023#1,273180—
2022#1,206200—
2021#1,354163—
2020#1,432152—
2019#1,307175—
2018#1,692122—
2017#1,665129—
2016#1,815114—
2015#1,919105—
2014#2,04995—
2013#2,09691—
2012#2,07892—
2011#1,758116—
2010#1,978101—
2009#1,934108—
2008#1,880113—
2007#1,829116—
2006#1,672126—
2005#1,819107—
2004#1,795106—
2003#1,590121—
2002#1,500126—
2001#1,444130—
2000#1,447127—
1999#1,309138—
1998#1,359128—
1997#1,206149—
1996#1,269137—
1995#1,235138—
1994#965192—
1993#999185—
1992#910215—
1991#874227—
1990#814242—
1989#861216#6,9416
1988#834216#7,2705
1987#842207—
1986#802209—
1985#696251—
1984#851180—
1983#848180—
1982#985150—
1981#998146—
1980#902167—
1979#942156—
1978#981141—
1977#987138—
1976#885149—
1975#899146—
1974#834158—
1973#727194—
1972#751186—
1971#713214—
1970#633261—
1969#633244—
1968#720184—
1967#650217—
1966#657215—
1965#647229—
1964#698219—
1963#687216—
1962#739194—
1961#774184—
1960#796167—
1959#768176—
1958#730183—
1957#838147—
1956#811150—
1955#1,00499—
1954#1,08682—
1953#1,24161—
1952#1,38649—
1951#1,38346—
1950#1,33347—
1949#1,84527—
1948#2,25519—
1947#2,20020—
1946#3,21710—
1945#3,3888—
1944#3,6877—
1943#3,2499—
1942#4,1246—
1941#3,0309—
1940#2,57211—
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1938#3,4507—
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1936#3,3767—
1935#2,30513—
1934#2,28913—
1933#2,68810—
1932#2,49012—
1931#1,87618—
1930#2,02317—
1929#2,73711—
1928#1,78422—
1927#92465—
1926#2,07618—
1925#4,9735—
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Valencia! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Valencia is popular in 1947

No state had 5 or more girls named Valencia in 1947, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 457 spots since 2024 (#1,264 → #1,721)
  • 289 spots since 2020 (#1,432 → #1,721)
  • 198 spots since 2015 (#1,919 → #1,721)
  • Biggest jump: 1,152 spots in 1927 (#2,076 → #924)
  • Biggest drop: 860 spots in 1928 (#924 → #1,784)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1970 at #633 (261 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1956–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,698
  • Highest: 1 in 6,698 girls born in 1970 were named Valencia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Valencia (2,069) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s128#924 (1927)#2,753
1930s97#1,876 (1931)#2,562
1940s126#1,845 (1949)#2,957
1950s1,040#730 (1958)#1,058
1960s2,069#633 (1969)#700
1970s1,743#633 (1970)#835
1980s1,922#696 (1985)#862
1990s1,751#814 (1990)#1,094
2000s1,180#1,444 (2001)#1,691
2010s1,140#1,307 (2019)#1,836
2020s997#1,206 (2022)#1,375

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.

Valencia in 1947

girls
#2,200
20 births · 1 in 88,638 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #2,200Valencia20
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 88,638 of them was named Valencia, which outranked 64.0% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valencia
  1. #2,146Vincenza21
  2. #2,146Zena21
  3. #2,146Zula21
  4. #2,200Valencia20
  5. #2,200Alayne20
  6. #2,200Alexia20
  7. #2,200Alix20
  8. #2,279Alan19
  9. #2,279Alejandra19
  10. #2,279Alfreida19

Tied with 78 names at #2,200; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →