Valerian
- Last seen for girls in 1917 at #4,083
- #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
- Given to boys 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 497since 1914
Valerian over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Valerian has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
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| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
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| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Valerian! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Valerian is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Valerian in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Valerian
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,508 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #4,396)
- 1,584 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,396)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1918 at #1,767 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1919, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,341
- Highest: 1 in 53,341 boys born in 1918 were named Valerian (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 20.3% of all boys named Valerian (101) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | #1,767 (1918) | #2,661 |
| 1920s | 101 | #1,959 (1927) | #2,656 |
| 1930s | 91 | #1,860 (1934) | #2,633 |
| 1940s | 49 | #2,322 (1940) | #2,969 |
| 1950s | 23 | #3,201 (1955) | #3,542 |
| 1960s | 5 | #3,930 (1965) | #3,930 |
| 1970s | 10 | #3,071 (1970) | #3,071 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 10 | #11,356 (2004) | #11,924 |
| 2010s | 43 | #4,226 (2018) | #7,520 |
| 2020s | 100 | #4,396 (2025) | #5,558 |
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.
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