Valdemar
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 964since 1912
Valdemar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Valdemar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Valdemar! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 5,388 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #12,008)
- 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1953 at #1,900 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73,224
- Highest: 1 in 73,224 boys born in 1913 were named Valdemar (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,900 in 1953, was only 1 in 116,018 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 12.8% of all boys named Valdemar (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #2,273 (1913) | #2,905 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,313 (1925) | #3,211 |
| 1930s | 94 | #2,178 (1930) | #2,561 |
| 1940s | 81 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,613 |
| 1950s | 82 | #1,900 (1953) | #2,640 |
| 1960s | 94 | #2,315 (1960) | #2,675 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,973 (1971) | #3,462 |
| 1980s | 95 | #2,831 (1980) | #4,519 |
| 1990s | 122 | #3,326 (1994) | #5,010 |
| 2000s | 123 | #3,554 (2002) | #6,774 |
| 2010s | 63 | #7,087 (2010) | #10,732 |
| 2020s | 27 | #6,620 (2020) | #10,827 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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