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
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 261 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,198since 1919
Valencia over time
Rank among girls' names. Valencia has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,721 | 118 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,264 | 184 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,273 | 180 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,206 | 200 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,354 | 163 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,432 | 152 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,307 | 175 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,692 | 122 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,665 | 129 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,815 | 114 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,919 | 105 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,049 | 95 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,096 | 91 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,078 | 92 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,758 | 116 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,978 | 101 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,934 | 108 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,880 | 113 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,829 | 116 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,672 | 126 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,819 | 107 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,795 | 106 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,590 | 121 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,500 | 126 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,447 | 127 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,309 | 138 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,359 | 128 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,206 | 149 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,269 | 137 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,235 | 138 | — | |
| 1994 | #965 | 192 | — | |
| 1993 | #999 | 185 | — | |
| 1992 | #910 | 215 | — | |
| 1991 | #874 | 227 | — | |
| 1990 | #814 | 242 | — | |
| 1989 | #861 | 216 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #834 | 216 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #842 | 207 | — | |
| 1986 | #802 | 209 | — | |
| 1985 | #696 | 251 | — | |
| 1984 | #851 | 180 | — | |
| 1983 | #848 | 180 | — | |
| 1982 | #985 | 150 | — | |
| 1981 | #998 | 146 | — | |
| 1980 | #902 | 167 | — | |
| 1979 | #942 | 156 | — | |
| 1978 | #981 | 141 | — | |
| 1977 | #987 | 138 | — | |
| 1976 | #885 | 149 | — | |
| 1975 | #899 | 146 | — | |
| 1974 | #834 | 158 | — | |
| 1973 | #727 | 194 | — | |
| 1972 | #751 | 186 | — | |
| 1971 | #713 | 214 | — | |
| 1970 | #633 | 261 | — | |
| 1969 | #633 | 244 | — | |
| 1968 | #720 | 184 | — | |
| 1967 | #650 | 217 | — | |
| 1966 | #657 | 215 | — | |
| 1965 | #647 | 229 | — | |
| 1964 | #698 | 219 | — | |
| 1963 | #687 | 216 | — | |
| 1962 | #739 | 194 | — | |
| 1961 | #774 | 184 | — | |
| 1960 | #796 | 167 | — | |
| 1959 | #768 | 176 | — | |
| 1958 | #730 | 183 | — | |
| 1957 | #838 | 147 | — | |
| 1956 | #811 | 150 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,004 | 99 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,086 | 82 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,241 | 61 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | — | |
| 1927 | #924 | 65 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
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| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#355 · 1 in 1,734
- South Carolina#360 · 1 in 2,156
- Georgia#422 · 1 in 2,801
- Arizona#489 · 1 in 2,977
- Louisiana#501 · 1 in 3,251
Best ever in a state: #113 in District of Columbia, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #355 | 5 | 1 in 1,734 |
| South Carolina | #360 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Georgia | #422 | 12 | 1 in 2,801 |
| Arizona | #489 | 6 | 1 in 2,977 |
| Louisiana | #501 | 9 | 1 in 3,251 |
| Alabama | #526 | 6 | 1 in 3,819 |
| Virginia | #566 | 6 | 1 in 4,864 |
| Illinois | #647 | 14 | 1 in 5,335 |
| Indiana | #661 | 5 | 1 in 7,247 |
| Texas | #823 | 16 | 1 in 6,944 |
| Florida | #877 | 6 | 1 in 7,812 |
| Ohio | #1,057 | 5 | 1 in 14,418 |
| New York | #1,282 | 7 | 1 in 14,132 |
| California | #1,333 | 11 | 1 in 14,848 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1970 at #633 (261 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1956–1994
- 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%)
- 17.0% of all girls named Valencia (2,069) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 128 | #924 (1927) | #2,753 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,876 (1931) | #2,562 |
| 1940s | 126 | #1,845 (1949) | #2,957 |
| 1950s | 1,040 | #730 (1958) | #1,058 |
| 1960s | 2,069 | #633 (1969) | #700 |
| 1970s | 1,743 | #633 (1970) | #835 |
| 1980s | 1,922 | #696 (1985) | #862 |
| 1990s | 1,751 | #814 (1990) | #1,094 |
| 2000s | 1,180 | #1,444 (2001) | #1,691 |
| 2010s | 1,140 | #1,307 (2019) | #1,836 |
| 2020s | 997 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 10,290 of them was named Valencia, which outranked 92.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #931Trista158
- #940Gayle157
- #940India157
- #942Valencia156
- #942Delores156
- #942Felisha156
- #942Kay156
- #948Ginny155
- #948Shantell155
- #950Anthony154
Tied with 5 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.