Valley
- #1,129 for girls in 2025, 207 births
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to girls 94.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 879since 1888
Valley over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,129 | 207 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #1,505 | 144 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #2,555 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
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| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
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| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
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| 1969 | — | — | ||
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
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| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
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| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Valley! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Valley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#384 · 1 in 1,271
- Tennessee#479 · 1 in 2,005
- Utah#490 · 1 in 2,135
- Indiana#542 · 1 in 2,326
- Missouri#589 · 1 in 2,700
Best ever in a state: #384 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 16 | 1 in 2,005 |
| Utah | #490 | 8 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Indiana | #542 | 12 | 1 in 2,326 |
| Missouri | #589 | 9 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Kentucky | #653 | 6 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Oklahoma | #697 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Wisconsin | #700 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Georgia | #854 | 11 | 1 in 4,110 |
| North Carolina | #905 | 10 | 1 in 4,648 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| Florida | #1,243 | 11 | 1 in 7,887 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 15 | 1 in 10,703 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Valley
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 4,721 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #1,129)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #1,036 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,765
- Highest: 1 in 7,765 girls born in 2025 were named Valley (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,036 in 1888, was only 1 in 25,517 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 60.1% of all girls named Valley (528) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1950
- Mostly boys until 1949, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #1,036 (1888) | #1,036 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,364 (1904) | #1,725 |
| 1910s | 44 | #1,935 (1910) | #3,168 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,612 (1922) | #3,527 |
| 1930s | 24 | #2,923 (1934) | #3,931 |
| 1940s | 9 | #2,963 (1940) | #2,963 |
| 1950s | 23 | #4,738 (1950) | #5,342 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,991 |
| 1970s | 10 | #9,067 (1975) | #9,360 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 11 | #12,070 (1997) | #12,750 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
| 2010s | 105 | #6,698 (2019) | #9,763 |
| 2020s | 528 | #1,129 (2025) | #3,012 |
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.
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