Valeria

#162 for girls in 2025, 1,835 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #9,709
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2009 · 4,091 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
80,052
since 1881

Valeria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #72, 2009girls
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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#1621,835—
2024#1621,866—
2023#1541,866—
2022#1461,997—
2021#1581,814—
2020#1501,816—
2019#1421,989—
2018#1411,990—
2017#1561,890—
2016#1532,038—
2015#1621,977—
2014#1751,892—
2013#1761,816—
2012#1492,144#9,7097
2011#1252,540#10,8086
2010#963,116#10,7666
2009#724,091#12,4915
2008#734,206#11,0376
2007#983,413#8,1739
2006#913,731#10,6626
2005#1372,430#10,1516
2004#1741,959#9,9486
2003#1851,736#10,8945
2002#1971,638—
2001#2031,589—
2000#2211,423—
1999#2921,059—
1998#2901,032—
1997#297967#7,2817
1996#328855—
1995#318865#8,8685
1994#340789#8,8005
1993#302885#5,36010
1992#389665#7,4226
1991#616366—
1990#683312#8,1175
1989#816232—
1988#815224—
1987#838208—
1986#815206#6,7215
1985#762224—
1984#1,011141—
1983#954154—
1982#1,010146—
1981#1,165114—
1980#1,276100—
1979#1,261101—
1978#1,126115—
1977#1,24097—
1976#971131—
1975#849157—
1974#908139—
1973#801163—
1972#982122—
1971#911143—
1970#795176—
1969#733190—
1968#672208—
1967#669206—
1966#708192—
1965#675212—
1964#610268—
1963#760183—
1962#714209—
1961#721207—
1960#765177—
1959#700205—
1958#656229—
1957#734186—
1956#639222—
1955#642208—
1954#683187—
1953#688172—
1952#662179—
1951#694160—
1950#649174—
1949#650163—
1948#757127—
1947#89897—
1946#85793—
1945#1,02257—
1944#84182—
1943#734111—
1942#78594—
1941#73593—
1940#71495—
1939#68898—
1938#653110—
1937#631115—
1936#67297—
1935#582123—
1934#625113—
1933#582122—
1932#572131—
1931#561136—
1930#583137—
1929#588135—
1928#571153—
1927#491202—
1926#504193—
1925#558167—
1924#478212—
1923#481205—
1922#491198—
1921#486202—
1920#437234—
1919#443221—
1918#425243—
1917#422228—
1916#413226—
1915#467173—
1914#443152—
1913#447123—
1912#50191—
1911#47775—
1910#52860—
1909#57445—
1908#58341—
1907#63135—
1906#52843—
1905#51044—
1904#51141—
1903#68024—
1902#62328—
1901#61526—
1900#61133—
1899#62924—
1898#47542—
1897#61525—
1896#67022—
1895#54729—
1894#50432—
1893#71317—
1892#61621—
1891#69515—
1890#66716—
1889#65715—
1888#66315—
1887#58615—
1886#69311—
1885#60813—
1884#7319—
1883#8176—
1882#8136—
1881#6238—
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Valeria! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Valeria is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Valeria
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #162 since 2024
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#150 → #162)
  • Same as 2015 (#162)
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1985 (#1,011 → #762)
  • Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1977 (#971 → #1,240)
Rise & fade · girls
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2009 at #72 (4,091 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 2006–2010
  • Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1881–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 449
  • Highest: 1 in 449 girls born in 2009 were named Valeria (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 876 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.7% of all girls named Valeria (26,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s98#586 (1887)#688
1890s243#475 (1898)#613
1900s360#510 (1905)#587
1910s1,592#413 (1916)#457
1920s1,901#437 (1920)#509
1930s1,182#561 (1931)#615
1940s1,012#650 (1949)#799
1950s1,922#639 (1956)#675
1960s2,052#610 (1964)#703
1970s1,344#795 (1970)#984
1980s1,749#762 (1985)#946
1990s7,795#290 (1998)#386
2000s26,216#72 (2009)#145
2010s21,392#96 (2010)#148
2020s11,194#146 (2022)#155

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.

Valeria in 1883

girls
#817
6 births · 1 in 18,720 girls

Top girls' names in 1883

  1. #1Mary8,012
  2. #2Anna3,306
  3. #3Emma2,367
  4. #4Elizabeth2,255
  5. #5Minnie2,035
  6. #6Margaret1,881
  7. #7Bertha1,681
  8. #8Ida1,634
  9. #9Annie1,589
  10. #10Clara1,548
  11. #817Valeria6
More about 1883

girls

112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Valeria, which outranked 22.5% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valeria
  1. #754Ursula7
  2. #754Vertie7
  3. #754Zadie7
  4. #817Valeria6
  5. #817Aggie6
  6. #817Aletha6
  7. #817Allene6
  8. #920Aida5
  9. #920Alene5
  10. #920Alla5

Tied with 102 names at #817; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 391Cathryn#908 → #517
  2. ↑ 378Paula#813 → #435
  3. ↑ 372Annis#908 → #536
  4. ↑ 365Malissa#740 → #375
  5. ↑ 348Hope#813 → #465
Fallers
  1. ↓ 390Gena#530 → #920
  2. ↓ 365Minna#389 → #754
  3. ↓ 360Arie#560 → #920
  4. ↓ 360Leone#560 → #920
  5. ↓ 360Sybil#560 → #920

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

See the top 100 for 1883 →