Valerie
#127 for girls in 2025, 2,221 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 7,302 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 273,229since 1884
Valerie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #127 | 2,221 | — | |
| 2024 | #147 | 1,991 | — | |
| 2023 | #144 | 1,955 | — | |
| 2022 | #148 | 1,986 | — | |
| 2021 | #155 | 1,840 | — | |
| 2020 | #144 | 1,882 | — | |
| 2019 | #151 | 1,890 | — | |
| 2018 | #156 | 1,802 | — | |
| 2017 | #167 | 1,824 | — | |
| 2016 | #160 | 1,966 | — | |
| 2015 | #171 | 1,880 | — | |
| 2014 | #176 | 1,886 | — | |
| 2013 | #169 | 1,880 | — | |
| 2012 | #169 | 1,863 | — | |
| 2011 | #159 | 1,957 | — | |
| 2010 | #149 | 2,065 | — | |
| 2009 | #138 | 2,321 | — | |
| 2008 | #135 | 2,505 | — | |
| 2007 | #144 | 2,424 | — | |
| 2006 | #127 | 2,752 | — | |
| 2005 | #167 | 2,035 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #180 | 1,905 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #171 | 1,914 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #155 | 2,107 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #165 | 1,982 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #166 | 2,017 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #159 | 2,038 | — | |
| 1998 | #148 | 2,142 | — | |
| 1997 | #143 | 2,224 | — | |
| 1996 | #154 | 2,082 | — | |
| 1995 | #149 | 2,183 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #159 | 2,010 | — | |
| 1993 | #144 | 2,175 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #136 | 2,350 | — | |
| 1991 | #134 | 2,380 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #129 | 2,428 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #117 | 2,562 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #103 | 2,768 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #93 | 2,964 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #76 | 3,618 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #71 | 3,881 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #76 | 3,722 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #74 | 3,901 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #75 | 3,989 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #89 | 3,611 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #85 | 3,613 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #89 | 3,407 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #92 | 3,299 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #86 | 3,266 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #83 | 3,386 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #92 | 3,227 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #93 | 3,181 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #96 | 3,042 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #100 | 3,193 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #102 | 3,679 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #97 | 4,130 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #85 | 4,300 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #77 | 4,550 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #73 | 4,757 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #74 | 4,816 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #67 | 5,648 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #66 | 6,616 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #69 | 6,172 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #67 | 6,335 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #67 | 6,677 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #65 | 6,717 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #60 | 7,302 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #64 | 6,920 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #76 | 6,231 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #80 | 5,909 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #80 | 5,512 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #87 | 4,917 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #88 | 4,591 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #87 | 4,263 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #100 | 3,559 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #116 | 3,026 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #108 | 3,052 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #135 | 2,132 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #184 | 1,553 | — | |
| 1946 | #181 | 1,440 | — | |
| 1945 | #189 | 1,079 | — | |
| 1944 | #216 | 915 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #212 | 955 | — | |
| 1942 | #200 | 1,017 | — | |
| 1941 | #229 | 752 | — | |
| 1940 | #214 | 799 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #251 | 622 | — | |
| 1938 | #267 | 551 | — | |
| 1937 | #279 | 494 | — | |
| 1936 | #282 | 453 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #276 | 486 | — | |
| 1934 | #353 | 319 | — | |
| 1933 | #374 | 293 | — | |
| 1932 | #393 | 276 | — | |
| 1931 | #413 | 244 | — | |
| 1930 | #451 | 222 | — | |
| 1929 | #502 | 180 | — | |
| 1928 | #517 | 179 | — | |
| 1927 | #500 | 195 | — | |
| 1926 | #534 | 171 | — | |
| 1925 | #586 | 151 | — | |
| 1924 | #557 | 172 | — | |
| 1923 | #579 | 155 | — | |
| 1922 | #593 | 147 | — | |
| 1921 | #512 | 190 | — | |
| 1920 | #545 | 170 | — | |
| 1919 | #520 | 171 | — | |
| 1918 | #469 | 202 | — | |
| 1917 | #486 | 182 | — | |
| 1916 | #475 | 179 | — | |
| 1915 | #471 | 171 | — | |
| 1914 | #550 | 103 | — | |
| 1913 | #464 | 116 | — | |
| 1912 | #518 | 87 | — | |
| 1911 | #558 | 58 | — | |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 | — | |
| 1909 | #559 | 47 | — | |
| 1908 | #729 | 28 | — | |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 | — | |
| 1906 | #731 | 25 | — | |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | — | |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 | — | |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Valerie! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Valerie is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#10 · 1 in 86
- California#54 · 1 in 342
- Arizona#60 · 1 in 313
- Texas#60 · 1 in 326
- Colorado#61 · 1 in 301
Best ever in a state: #10 in New Mexico, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #10 | 101 | 1 in 86 |
| California | #54 | 477 | 1 in 342 |
| Arizona | #60 | 57 | 1 in 313 |
| Texas | #60 | 341 | 1 in 326 |
| Colorado | #61 | 62 | 1 in 301 |
| North Dakota | #63 | 18 | 1 in 257 |
| Hawaii | #68 | 17 | 1 in 280 |
| Utah | #69 | 51 | 1 in 315 |
| West Virginia | #69 | 37 | 1 in 329 |
| Delaware | #72 | 11 | 1 in 251 |
| Arkansas | #78 | 35 | 1 in 370 |
| Kentucky | #78 | 66 | 1 in 371 |
| South Dakota | #78 | 15 | 1 in 313 |
| Maryland | #79 | 53 | 1 in 367 |
| Alabama | #81 | 60 | 1 in 382 |
| Nebraska | #83 | 29 | 1 in 355 |
| New Jersey | #89 | 88 | 1 in 423 |
| Iowa | #90 | 50 | 1 in 394 |
| New York | #91 | 237 | 1 in 417 |
| Ohio | #91 | 156 | 1 in 462 |
| Michigan | #92 | 129 | 1 in 462 |
| Mississippi | #92 | 40 | 1 in 390 |
| Illinois | #95 | 169 | 1 in 442 |
| Wyoming | #95 | 8 | 1 in 358 |
| Oklahoma | #96 | 40 | 1 in 463 |
| Virginia | #96 | 65 | 1 in 449 |
| Indiana | #100 | 72 | 1 in 503 |
| Wisconsin | #102 | 64 | 1 in 478 |
| Georgia | #103 | 72 | 1 in 467 |
| Pennsylvania | #104 | 137 | 1 in 499 |
| Maine | #105 | 13 | 1 in 469 |
| Rhode Island | #105 | 10 | 1 in 447 |
| New Hampshire | #107 | 11 | 1 in 438 |
| Tennessee | #107 | 55 | 1 in 518 |
| North Carolina | #108 | 65 | 1 in 506 |
| Oregon | #110 | 33 | 1 in 509 |
| Florida | #111 | 87 | 1 in 539 |
| Louisiana | #111 | 58 | 1 in 504 |
| Vermont | #111 | 6 | 1 in 412 |
| Massachusetts | #112 | 58 | 1 in 528 |
| District of Columbia | #118 | 12 | 1 in 463 |
| Missouri | #118 | 55 | 1 in 587 |
| Kansas | #121 | 26 | 1 in 553 |
| Nevada | #126 | 8 | 1 in 465 |
| South Carolina | #127 | 31 | 1 in 556 |
| Washington | #132 | 40 | 1 in 633 |
| Connecticut | #137 | 23 | 1 in 639 |
| Minnesota | #145 | 38 | 1 in 731 |
| Alaska | #154 | 5 | 1 in 536 |
| Idaho | #157 | 10 | 1 in 691 |
| Montana | #189 | 6 | 1 in 780 |
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 Valerie
- 20 spots since 2024 (#147 → #127)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#144 → #127)
- 44 spots since 2015 (#171 → #127)
- Biggest jump: 519 spots in 1889 (#1,276 → #757)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1888 (#937 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1959 at #60 (7,302 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1951–1970
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1889–2025
- Highest: 1 in 277 girls born in 1959 were named Valerie (0.36%)
- Latest: 1 in 724 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 20.7% of all girls named Valerie (56,588) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #757 (1889) | #941 |
| 1890s | 141 | #719 (1898) | #833 |
| 1900s | 259 | #559 (1909) | #726 |
| 1910s | 1,314 | #464 (1913) | #514 |
| 1920s | 1,710 | #500 (1927) | #543 |
| 1930s | 3,960 | #251 (1939) | #334 |
| 1940s | 13,694 | #108 (1949) | #187 |
| 1950s | 52,230 | #60 (1959) | #84 |
| 1960s | 56,588 | #65 (1960) | #71 |
| 1970s | 33,810 | #83 (1976) | #93 |
| 1980s | 34,629 | #71 (1985) | #86 |
| 1990s | 22,012 | #129 (1990) | #146 |
| 2000s | 21,962 | #127 (2006) | #155 |
| 2010s | 19,013 | #149 (2010) | #163 |
| 2020s | 11,875 | #127 (2025) | #144 |
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.
Valerie in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 471 of them was named Valerie, which outranked 99.3% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 74,849 of them was named Valerie, which outranked 69.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,104Wilburn24
- #2,104Zakee24
- #2,104Zev24
- #2,157Valerie23
- #2,157Anastacio23
- #2,157Antoni23
- #2,157Arash23
- #2,236Alexandre22
- #2,236Alma22
- #2,236Antoinne22
Tied with 78 names at #2,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.