Valorie

#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births

Peak · girls
1952 · 242 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,556
since 1916

Valorie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Valorie has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #554, 1952girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,78039
2024#4,89327
2023#4,56530
2022#4,10835
2021#5,39823
2020#4,45330
2019#6,69817
2018#6,79217
2017#5,82121
2016#5,44524
2015#6,03621
2014#6,45119
2013#6,72918
2012#6,34120
2011#6,14821
2010#5,77123
2009#4,93129
2008#5,57425
2007#4,38034
2006#5,38325
2005#4,37331
2004#4,81627
2003#4,80426
2002#3,97832
2001#4,20929
2000#4,07930
1999#4,08828
1998#3,30137
1997#3,03639
1996#3,56931
1995#3,96926
1994#4,52122
1993#4,10025
1992#2,92040
1991#2,38853
1990#3,07836
1989#2,93137
1988#2,80337
1987#2,15650
1986#1,65771
1985#1,58875
1984#1,68465
1983#1,51275
1982#1,64170
1981#1,86758
1980#1,39689
1979#1,81459
1978#1,46178
1977#1,35883
1976#1,38477
1975#1,37577
1974#1,22689
1973#1,015115
1972#1,022114
1971#927140
1970#871153
1969#854148
1968#767169
1967#843144
1966#815149
1965#761169
1964#660239
1963#681218
1962#695219
1961#691228
1960#681223
1959#634246
1958#610266
1957#619253
1956#597253
1955#572255
1954#607224
1953#613208
1952#554242
1951#604202
1950#571213
1949#787120
1948#1,04172
1947#1,21755
1946#1,20851
1945#1,45031
1944#1,29338
1943#1,30539
1942#1,70624
1941#1,47228
1940#1,63523
1939#1,88118
1938#1,94517
1937#1,84518
1936#2,52111
1935#2,43912
1934#2,9239
1933#2,27513
1932#3,2748
1931#2,9729
1930#3,6587
1929#3,6827
1928#3,7437
1927#4,2866
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1924#3,3939
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1922#4,4456
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1918#4,2916
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Valorie! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Valorie is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #307 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,747 girlsMNIllinois: #456 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,708 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #510 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,794 girlsMINew York: #851 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,943 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedRIOregon: #317 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,278 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedSDIowa: #357 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,569 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedINOhio: #585 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,545 girlsOHPennsylvania: #765 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,874 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #517 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,289 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedUTColorado: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,334 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #471 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,180 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedDEArizona: #410 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,730 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNMKansas: #333 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,723 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,370 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedHITexas: #925 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,827 girlsTXFlorida: #372 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,061 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#307 · 1 in 2,747
  2. Oregon#317 · 1 in 2,278
  3. Kansas#333 · 1 in 2,723
  4. Colorado#338 · 1 in 2,334
  5. Iowa#357 · 1 in 3,569

Best ever in a state: #169 in North Dakota, 1952.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#307141 in 2,747
Oregon#31771 in 2,278
Kansas#33381 in 2,723
Colorado#33881 in 2,334
Iowa#35781 in 3,569
Florida#372151 in 3,061
Arizona#41051 in 2,730
Illinois#456191 in 5,708
Oklahoma#46451 in 4,370
Virginia#47181 in 5,180
Michigan#510141 in 6,794
California#517311 in 5,289
Ohio#585131 in 8,545
Pennsylvania#76571 in 16,874
New York#851101 in 16,943
Texas#92591 in 12,827
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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 Valorie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,113 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #3,780)
  • 673 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #3,780)
  • 2,256 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #3,780)
  • Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1949 (#1,041 → #787)
  • Biggest drop: 101 spots in 1965 (#660 → #761)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1952 at #554 (242 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1949–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,562
  • Highest: 1 in 7,562 girls born in 1958 were named Valorie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #554 in 1952, was only 1 in 7,663 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Valorie (2,362) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#3,552 (1916)#4,031
1920s44#3,362 (1925)#3,819
1930s122#1,845 (1937)#2,573
1940s481#787 (1949)#1,311
1950s2,362#554 (1952)#598
1960s1,906#660 (1964)#745
1970s985#871 (1970)#1,245
1980s627#1,396 (1980)#1,924
1990s337#2,388 (1991)#3,497
2000s288#3,978 (2002)#4,653
2010s201#5,445 (2016)#6,223
2020s184#3,780 (2025)#4,533

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.

Valorie in 1957

girls
#619
253 births · 1 in 8,082 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #619Valorie253
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 8,082 of them was named Valorie, which outranked 91.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valorie
  1. #611Silvia255
  2. #611Tamera255
  3. #618Marisa254
  4. #619Valorie253
  5. #619Delois253
  6. #621Angelina251
  7. #621Karol251
  8. #621Pattie251

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →