Valentin
#660 for boys in 2025, 418 births
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 404 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,723since 1912
Valentin over time
Rank among boys' names. Valentin 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #660 | 418 |
| 2024 | #747 | 343 |
| 2023 | #709 | 374 |
| 2022 | #797 | 315 |
| 2021 | #822 | 291 |
| 2020 | #771 | 309 |
| 2019 | #837 | 269 |
| 2018 | #840 | 265 |
| 2017 | #923 | 229 |
| 2016 | #835 | 271 |
| 2015 | #922 | 232 |
| 2014 | #983 | 212 |
| 2013 | #880 | 237 |
| 2012 | #898 | 231 |
| 2011 | #961 | 206 |
| 2010 | #793 | 273 |
| 2009 | #731 | 319 |
| 2008 | #644 | 380 |
| 2007 | #614 | 404 |
| 2006 | #910 | 212 |
| 2005 | #950 | 184 |
| 2004 | #1,011 | 163 |
| 2003 | #919 | 180 |
| 2002 | #1,026 | 149 |
| 2001 | #992 | 154 |
| 2000 | #949 | 160 |
| 1999 | #901 | 167 |
| 1998 | #977 | 141 |
| 1997 | #847 | 167 |
| 1996 | #902 | 146 |
| 1995 | #956 | 135 |
| 1994 | #866 | 153 |
| 1993 | #965 | 124 |
| 1992 | #1,010 | 116 |
| 1991 | #907 | 134 |
| 1990 | #898 | 131 |
| 1989 | #932 | 119 |
| 1988 | #1,083 | 84 |
| 1987 | #982 | 93 |
| 1986 | #1,015 | 83 |
| 1985 | #984 | 86 |
| 1984 | #900 | 95 |
| 1983 | #924 | 91 |
| 1982 | #977 | 85 |
| 1981 | #810 | 117 |
| 1980 | #911 | 95 |
| 1979 | #1,044 | 71 |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 64 |
| 1977 | #1,064 | 66 |
| 1976 | #886 | 88 |
| 1975 | #984 | 69 |
| 1974 | #1,026 | 64 |
| 1973 | #936 | 74 |
| 1972 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 59 |
| 1970 | #1,051 | 60 |
| 1969 | #965 | 63 |
| 1968 | #1,047 | 50 |
| 1967 | #1,061 | 48 |
| 1966 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1965 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #1,000 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1962 | #1,187 | 43 |
| 1961 | #1,097 | 51 |
| 1960 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #878 | 61 |
| 1949 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1942 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,205 | 30 |
| 1935 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #931 | 46 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,216 | 31 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1926 | #1,264 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Valentin! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Valentin is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#484 · 1 in 4,875
- California#691 · 1 in 13,934
- New York#931 · 1 in 29,552
Best ever in a state: #132 in New Mexico, 1918.
Show every state
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| Texas | #484 | 21 | 1 in 4,875 |
| California | #691 | 12 | 1 in 13,934 |
| New York | #931 | 5 | 1 in 29,552 |
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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 Valentin
- 87 spots since 2024 (#747 → #660)
- 111 spots since 2020 (#771 → #660)
- 262 spots since 2015 (#922 → #660)
- Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1934 (#1,281 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1935 (#931 → #1,273)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2007 at #614 (404 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,086 boys born in 2025 were named Valentin (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #614 in 2007, was only 1 in 5,137 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.7% of all boys named Valentin (2,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 103 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,055 |
| 1920s | 255 | #1,163 (1927) | #1,547 |
| 1930s | 300 | #931 (1934) | #1,243 |
| 1940s | 310 | #1,103 (1945) | #1,273 |
| 1950s | 447 | #878 (1950) | #1,129 |
| 1960s | 495 | #965 (1969) | #1,084 |
| 1970s | 671 | #886 (1976) | #1,022 |
| 1980s | 948 | #810 (1981) | #952 |
| 1990s | 1,414 | #847 (1997) | #923 |
| 2000s | 2,305 | #614 (2007) | #875 |
| 2010s | 2,425 | #793 (2010) | #887 |
| 2020s | 2,050 | #660 (2025) | #751 |
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.
Valentin in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 34,759 of them was named Valentin, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,034Randle51
- #1,034Titus51
- #1,034Vincenzo51
- #1,047Valentin50
- #1,047Anibal50
- #1,047Broderick50
- #1,047Chandler50
- #1,057Bud49
- #1,057Delano49
- #1,057Efren49
Tied with 9 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.