Val
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#4539
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
22
boys 22
Peak year
1952
178 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
7,406
since 1882
Born a Val? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Val was most popular in 1952, when 178 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 22 babies were named Val, ranking #4539 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 124%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 22 | 4539 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | 17 | 5443 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13462 | 19 | 5075 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | 16 | 5633 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 10 | 7587 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 10 | 7643 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 8 | 8819 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 12 | 6685 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 6 | 10744 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 13 | 6324 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 10 | 7562 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 8 | 8803 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 8 | 8915 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 11 | 6904 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 13 | 5875 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 12 | 6138 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 13 | 5558 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 14 | 5131 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 12 | 5667 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 21 | 3764 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 14 | 4762 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 27 | 2926 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 17 | 3877 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 9 | 5928 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 16 | 3911 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 11 | 5002 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 13 | 4327 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 14 | 4005 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 16 | 3607 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 14 | 3809 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 14 | 3268 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | 16 | 2942 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 15 | 2956 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 26 | 2038 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | 23 | 2213 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 28 | 1903 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 21 | 2205 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 36 | 1546 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | 16 | 2601 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 27 | 1787 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 36 | 1439 |
| 1973 | 9 | 5580 | 41 | 1294 |
| 1972 | 12 | 4523 | 41 | 1307 |
| 1971 | 11 | 4810 | 52 | 1138 |
| 1970 | 11 | 4761 | 58 | 1070 |
| 1969 | 13 | 3958 | 62 | 972 |
| 1968 | 17 | 3169 | 48 | 1068 |
| 1967 | 16 | 3211 | 68 | 867 |
| 1966 | 19 | 2839 | 64 | 901 |
| 1965 | 24 | 2464 | 73 | 859 |
| 1964 | 37 | 1947 | 77 | 867 |
| 1963 | 59 | 1449 | 97 | 773 |
| 1962 | 59 | 1444 | 102 | 758 |
| 1961 | 96 | 1122 | 88 | 813 |
| 1960 | 75 | 1266 | 122 | 709 |
| 1959 | 93 | 1110 | 130 | 669 |
| 1958 | 110 | 988 | 127 | 675 |
| 1957 | 91 | 1096 | 142 | 644 |
| 1956 | 85 | 1116 | 168 | 587 |
| 1955 | 73 | 1167 | 150 | 604 |
| 1954 | 69 | 1206 | 148 | 609 |
| 1953 | 59 | 1261 | 156 | 572 |
| 1952 | 48 | 1402 | 178 | 523 |
| 1951 | 39 | 1505 | 138 | 590 |
| 1950 | 36 | 1550 | 138 | 578 |
| 1949 | 25 | 1917 | 132 | 590 |
| 1948 | 24 | 1953 | 129 | 587 |
| 1947 | 24 | 1993 | 116 | 638 |
| 1946 | 19 | 2153 | 105 | 626 |
| 1945 | 21 | 1825 | 71 | 728 |
| 1944 | 16 | 2199 | 87 | 664 |
| 1943 | 16 | 2251 | 71 | 773 |
| 1942 | 26 | 1630 | 103 | 620 |
| 1941 | 8 | 3252 | 74 | 719 |
| 1940 | 19 | 1845 | 84 | 659 |
| 1939 | 15 | 2125 | 80 | 663 |
| 1938 | 19 | 1805 | 78 | 683 |
| 1937 | 20 | 1735 | 71 | 713 |
| 1936 | 25 | 1480 | 75 | 685 |
| 1935 | 14 | 2206 | 77 | 688 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3449 | 63 | 779 |
| 1933 | 18 | 1835 | 67 | 745 |
| 1932 | 22 | 1634 | 69 | 756 |
| 1931 | 16 | 2024 | 56 | 841 |
| 1930 | 11 | 2690 | 65 | 802 |
| 1929 | 22 | 1704 | 44 | 1026 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4725 | 57 | 883 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3875 | 52 | 964 |
| 1926 | 11 | 2872 | 39 | 1144 |
| 1925 | 14 | 2489 | 40 | 1108 |
| 1924 | 9 | 3393 | 37 | 1187 |
| 1923 | 11 | 2917 | 61 | 873 |
| 1922 | 8 | 3655 | 37 | 1181 |
| 1921 | 9 | 3400 | 32 | 1296 |
| 1920 | 15 | 2357 | 37 | 1180 |
| 1919 | 11 | 2813 | 28 | 1351 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4291 | 34 | 1192 |
| 1917 | 11 | 2693 | 37 | 1092 |
| 1916 | 5 | 4417 | 35 | 1096 |
| 1915 | 14 | 2143 | 28 | 1241 |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | 18 | 1441 |
| 1913 | 6 | 2827 | 24 | 1023 |
| 1912 | 5 | 2979 | 22 | 970 |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 6 | 1277 |
| 1908 | 9 | 1439 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 10 | 866 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 9 | 794 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 7 | 1050 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 8 | 787 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 6 | 884 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 5 | 943 |
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Recorded as girls 24% · boys 76% across all years