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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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
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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—
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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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1931#1,87618—
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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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #669 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,011 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #586 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,006 girlsMINew York: #720 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,204 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedINOhio: #631 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,581 girlsOHPennsylvania: #905 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,356 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #650 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,964 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #547 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,632 girlsVAMaryland: #469 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,978 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedDEArizona: #458 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,011 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #611 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,727 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #255 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #366 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,410 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedMSAlabama: #470 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,009 girlsALGeorgia: #288 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,896 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Valencia, so not publishedHITexas: #653 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,305 girlsTXFlorida: #447 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,732 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#255 · 1 in 1,426
  2. Georgia#288 · 1 in 1,896
  3. Louisiana#366 · 1 in 2,410
  4. Florida#447 · 1 in 3,732
  5. Arizona#458 · 1 in 3,011

Best ever in a state: #113 in District of Columbia, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#25591 in 1,426
Georgia#288231 in 1,896
Louisiana#366151 in 2,410
Florida#447131 in 3,732
Arizona#45851 in 3,011
Maryland#46961 in 4,978
Alabama#47081 in 4,009
Virginia#54761 in 6,632
Michigan#586101 in 8,006
North Carolina#61161 in 7,727
Ohio#631101 in 9,581
California#650251 in 6,964
Texas#653171 in 6,305
Illinois#669111 in 9,011
New York#720161 in 10,204
Pennsylvania#90551 in 20,356
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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 Valencia
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 1963

girls
#687
216 births · 1 in 8,924 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #687Valencia216
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 8,924 of them was named Valencia, which outranked 91.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valencia
  1. #681Vickey218
  2. #685Aileen217
  3. #685Lawanda217
  4. #687Valencia216
  5. #687Gabrielle216
  6. #689Alfreda215
  7. #689Juliet215
  8. #689Missy215

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

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →