Valerie
Rank in 2025
#127
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,221
girls 2,221
Peak year
1959
7,302 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
273,922
since 1884
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Valerie was most popular in 1959, when 7,302 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,221 babies were named Valerie, ranking #127 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,221 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,991 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,955 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,986 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,840 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,882 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,890 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,802 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,824 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,966 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,880 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,886 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,880 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,863 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,957 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,065 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 2,321 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 2,505 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,424 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 2,752 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 2,035 | 167 | 6 | 10151 |
| 2004 | 1,905 | 180 | 7 | 8927 |
| 2003 | 1,914 | 171 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 2,107 | 155 | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | 1,982 | 165 | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | 2,017 | 166 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 2,038 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 2,142 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 2,224 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 2,082 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,183 | 149 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 2,010 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 2,175 | 144 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 2,350 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 2,380 | 134 | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | 2,428 | 129 | 17 | 3467 |
| 1989 | 2,562 | 117 | 12 | 4271 |
| 1988 | 2,768 | 103 | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | 2,964 | 93 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 3,618 | 76 | 18 | 2779 |
| 1985 | 3,881 | 71 | 17 | 2828 |
| 1984 | 3,722 | 76 | 16 | 2824 |
| 1983 | 3,901 | 74 | 18 | 2577 |
| 1982 | 3,989 | 75 | 18 | 2596 |
| 1981 | 3,611 | 89 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 3,613 | 85 | 26 | 2058 |
| 1979 | 3,407 | 89 | 23 | 2157 |
| 1978 | 3,299 | 92 | 15 | 2799 |
| 1977 | 3,266 | 86 | 16 | 2665 |
| 1976 | 3,386 | 83 | 11 | 3264 |
| 1975 | 3,227 | 92 | 12 | 3078 |
| 1974 | 3,181 | 93 | 13 | 2799 |
| 1973 | 3,042 | 96 | 17 | 2311 |
| 1972 | 3,193 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| 1971 | 3,679 | 102 | 13 | 2686 |
| 1970 | 4,130 | 97 | 13 | 2621 |
| 1969 | 4,300 | 85 | 10 | 2861 |
| 1968 | 4,550 | 77 | 9 | 2907 |
| 1967 | 4,757 | 73 | 18 | 1853 |
| 1966 | 4,816 | 74 | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | 5,648 | 67 | 18 | 1856 |
| 1964 | 6,616 | 66 | 12 | 2409 |
| 1963 | 6,172 | 69 | 12 | 2414 |
| 1962 | 6,335 | 67 | 23 | 1669 |
| 1961 | 6,677 | 67 | 22 | 1731 |
| 1960 | 6,717 | 65 | 15 | 2121 |
| 1959 | 7,302 | 60 | 16 | 2033 |
| 1958 | 6,920 | 64 | 18 | 1896 |
| 1957 | 6,231 | 76 | 19 | 1837 |
| 1956 | 5,909 | 80 | 12 | 2361 |
| 1955 | 5,512 | 80 | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | 4,917 | 87 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 4,591 | 88 | 10 | 2531 |
| 1952 | 4,263 | 87 | 10 | 2514 |
| 1951 | 3,559 | 100 | 5 | 3714 |
| 1950 | 3,026 | 116 | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | 3,052 | 108 | 10 | 2453 |
| 1948 | 2,132 | 135 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 1,553 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,440 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 1,079 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 915 | 216 | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | 955 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 1,017 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 752 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 799 | 214 | 8 | 2671 |
| 1939 | 622 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 551 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 494 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 453 | 282 | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | 486 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 319 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 293 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 276 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 244 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 222 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 180 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 179 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 195 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 171 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 151 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 172 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 155 | 579 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 147 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 190 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 170 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 171 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 202 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 182 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 179 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 171 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 103 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 116 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 87 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 58 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 45 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 47 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 28 | 729 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 31 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 25 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 25 | 713 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 27 | 668 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 17 | 836 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 19 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 21 | 803 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 12 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | 786 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 11 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 19 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 17 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 10 | 955 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | 908 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 12 | 796 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 12 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 12 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | 1276 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | 793 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years