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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #554, 1952girls
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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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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 1962

  • 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: #540 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,549 girlsWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #670 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,352 girlsILWisconsin: #527 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,467 girlsWIMichigan: #582 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,208 girlsMINew York: #675 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,076 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedRIOregon: #394 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,080 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: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #553 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,915 girlsINOhio: #483 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,792 girlsOHPennsylvania: #765 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,906 girlsPANew Jersey: #600 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,151 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #776 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,638 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #630 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,518 girlsMOKentucky: #487 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,136 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #383 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,938 girlsARTennessee: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,933 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #665 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,536 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #441 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,625 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #463 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,368 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Valorie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,180 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,426 girlsTXFlorida: #507 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#383 · 1 in 2,938
  2. Oregon#394 · 1 in 3,080
  3. South Carolina#441 · 1 in 3,625
  4. Georgia#463 · 1 in 4,368
  5. Ohio#483 · 1 in 5,792

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#38361 in 2,938
Oregon#39451 in 3,080
South Carolina#44171 in 3,625
Georgia#463101 in 4,368
Ohio#483171 in 5,792
Kentucky#48761 in 5,136
Florida#507111 in 4,473
Tennessee#51161 in 5,933
Wisconsin#52751 in 8,467
Washington#54051 in 5,549
Indiana#55371 in 6,915
Michigan#582101 in 8,208
New Jersey#60071 in 8,151
Missouri#63051 in 8,518
North Carolina#66551 in 9,536
Illinois#670111 in 9,352
New York#675181 in 9,076
Pennsylvania#76571 in 14,906
California#776181 in 9,638
Texas#1,18061 in 18,426
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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 1962

girls
#695
219 births · 1 in 8,980 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #695Valorie219
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 8,980 of them was named Valorie, which outranked 90.8% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valorie
  1. #691Jocelyn222
  2. #693Lenore221
  3. #694Gabrielle220
  4. #695Valorie219
  5. #695Avis219
  6. #695Tania219
  7. #698Kate218
  8. #698Merry218
  9. #698Rosetta218

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

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →