Valarie

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births

Peak · girls
1964 · 641 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,714
since 1910

Valarie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Valarie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #379, 1964girls
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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#3,24948
2024#2,43474
2023#3,38647
2022#3,31348
2021#3,55343
2020#4,45330
2019#3,61142
2018#3,43845
2017#3,34647
2016#4,25034
2015#3,29949
2014#3,84839
2013#2,40875
2012#4,12136
2011#2,90959
2010#2,47675
2009#2,33883
2008#2,042101
2007#2,015101
2006#2,12791
2005#1,894102
2004#2,03090
2003#1,823102
2002#1,654111
2001#1,79599
2000#1,744100
1999#1,539110
1998#1,443118
1997#1,395121
1996#1,314130
1995#1,306127
1994#1,323128
1993#1,397116
1992#1,357122
1991#1,257134
1990#1,029175
1989#933192
1988#952176
1987#838208
1986#764226
1985#679266
1984#616289
1983#583306
1982#577317
1981#608303
1980#618297
1979#575316
1978#594287
1977#520357
1976#560300
1975#569291
1974#566284
1973#508337
1972#536313
1971#520357
1970#485412
1969#459445
1968#425497
1967#437462
1966#425475
1965#418498
1964#379641
1963#405560
1962#430515
1961#423539
1960#418534
1959#413527
1958#428481
1957#471403
1956#508342
1955#508331
1954#487329
1953#512281
1952#502279
1951#559230
1950#591204
1949#548234
1948#655162
1947#875101
1946#96175
1945#1,06054
1944#1,07253
1943#1,00662
1942#1,22942
1941#1,08746
1940#1,44228
1939#1,47426
1938#1,26833
1937#1,99916
1936#1,50724
1935#1,41827
1934#2,08715
1933#1,97016
1932#2,83110
1931#1,94117
1930#3,3458
1929#3,1379
1928#2,62312
1927#2,33915
1926#2,16517
1925#2,37815
1924#3,14410
1923#2,09118
1922#2,61213
1921#4,0237
1920#3,09710
1919#3,4528
1918#2,67412
1917#2,10016
1916#3,0319
1915#3,1348
1914#3,1886
1913#2,3318
1912#2,3607
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Valarie! It came in at #2,140, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Valarie is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedAKMaine: #217 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,492 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNHWashington: #394 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,914 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #422 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,530 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #390 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,489 girlsMINew York: #388 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 4,174 girlsNYMassachusetts: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,054 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #422 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,823 girlsINOhio: #470 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,307 girlsOHPennsylvania: #526 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 9,256 girlsPANew Jersey: #363 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,862 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #433 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 4,529 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedUTColorado: #371 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,250 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #534 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,266 girlsMOKentucky: #410 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,812 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #452 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,524 girlsVAMaryland: #368 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,342 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedARTennessee: #487 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,173 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #520 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,295 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #530 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,922 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #526 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,365 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Valarie, so not publishedHITexas: #827 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,838 girlsTXFlorida: #536 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,542 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#217 · 1 in 1,492
  2. New Jersey#363 · 1 in 4,862
  3. Maryland#368 · 1 in 4,342
  4. Colorado#371 · 1 in 3,250
  5. New York#388 · 1 in 4,174

Best ever in a state: #150 in Wyoming, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#21761 in 1,492
New Jersey#363101 in 4,862
Maryland#36861 in 4,342
Colorado#37151 in 3,250
New York#388371 in 4,174
Michigan#390181 in 4,489
Washington#39471 in 3,914
Massachusetts#40561 in 8,054
Kentucky#41071 in 4,812
Illinois#422171 in 5,530
Indiana#42281 in 5,823
California#433291 in 4,529
Virginia#45271 in 5,524
Ohio#470131 in 7,307
Tennessee#48761 in 6,173
North Carolina#52071 in 7,295
Alabama#52651 in 7,365
Pennsylvania#526121 in 9,256
Louisiana#53061 in 5,922
Missouri#53451 in 8,266
Florida#53651 in 6,542
Texas#82791 in 11,838
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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 Valarie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 815 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #3,249)
  • 1,204 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #3,249)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #3,249)
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1948 (#875 → #655)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1988 (#838 → #952)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1964 at #379 (641 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1946–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,956
  • Highest: 1 in 2,956 girls born in 1964 were named Valarie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Valarie (5,166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s80#2,100 (1917)#2,712
1920s126#2,091 (1923)#2,761
1930s192#1,268 (1938)#1,984
1940s857#548 (1949)#994
1950s3,407#413 (1959)#498
1960s5,166#379 (1964)#422
1970s3,254#485 (1970)#543
1980s2,580#577 (1982)#717
1990s1,281#1,029 (1990)#1,336
2000s980#1,654 (2002)#1,946
2010s501#2,408 (2013)#3,371
2020s290#2,434 (2024)#3,398

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.

Valarie in 1952

girls
#502
279 births · 1 in 6,646 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #502Valarie279
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 6,646 of them was named Valarie, which outranked 92.1% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valarie
  1. #499Delois283
  2. #499Essie283
  3. #501Kristen280
  4. #502Valarie279
  5. #502Ora279
  6. #504Sonya278
  7. #504Winifred278
  8. #506Elena277

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

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →