Valdemar

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1953 · 17 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
964
since 1912

Valdemar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Valdemar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #1,900, 1953boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#12,3495
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#6,62012
2019#12,1455
2018#9,6707
2017#10,7756
2016#10,7446
2015#9,5687
2014#12,1085
2013#12,1365
2012#12,2745
2011#10,8086
2010#7,08711
2009#8,9858
2008#9,0198
2007#6,26213
2006#5,07217
2005#7,09610
2004#9,9486
2003#7,8318
2002#3,55424
2001#4,67616
2000#5,29713
1999#6,5309
1998#6,8438
1997#5,64210
1996#4,61313
1995#3,69317
1994#3,32620
1993#5,7719
1992#5,23610
1991#4,47612
1990#3,97114
1989#6,2297
1988#5,2008
1987#4,9688
1986#3,88211
1985#5,1477
1984#3,45912
1983#5,4846
1982#3,48212
1981#4,5098
1980#2,83116
1979#4,0689
1978#3,61410
1977#3,03713
1976#3,09512
1975#3,07812
1974#4,6346
1973#3,4459
1972#3,15210
1971#2,97311
1970#3,5218
1969#2,68211
1968#2,57611
1967#3,5596
1966#2,46511
1965#2,61710
1964#2,40912
1963#3,0448
1962
1961#2,40912
1960#2,31513
1959#3,2907
1958#2,37012
1957#3,0248
1956#2,7989
1955#2,30212
1954
1953#1,90017
1952
1951#2,6629
1950#2,7708
1949#3,2986
1948#1,94315
1947#2,6719
1946#2,5349
1945#2,9966
1944#2,6338
1943#2,27711
1942
1941#2,4919
1940#2,6718
1939#2,28810
1938#2,4799
1937#3,1756
1936#2,4529
1935#2,39610
1934#2,9737
1933#3,2686
1932#2,19112
1931#2,20712
1930#2,17813
1929#3,2477
1928#4,1515
1927#2,52311
1926#2,9049
1925#2,31313
1924#3,8676
1923#3,4677
1922
1921#3,2148
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916#3,8975
1915
1914
1913#2,2737
1912#2,5445
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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.

See more about Valdemar
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#2,273 (1913)#2,905
1920s66#2,313 (1925)#3,211
1930s94#2,178 (1930)#2,561
1940s81#1,943 (1948)#2,613
1950s82#1,900 (1953)#2,640
1960s94#2,315 (1960)#2,675
1970s100#2,973 (1971)#3,462
1980s95#2,831 (1980)#4,519
1990s122#3,326 (1994)#5,010
2000s123#3,554 (2002)#6,774
2010s63#7,087 (2010)#10,732
2020s27#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.

Valdemar in 1932

boys
#2,191
12 births · 1 in 87,013 boys

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #2,191Valdemar12
More about 1932

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 87,013 of them was named Valdemar, which outranked 48.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valdemar
  1. #2,101Wells13
  2. #2,101Winthrop13
  3. #2,101Zebedee13
  4. #2,191Valdemar12
  5. #2,191Alfons12
  6. #2,191Alyn12
  7. #2,191Andrea12
  8. #2,313Aime11
  9. #2,313Albion11
  10. #2,313Alcide11

Tied with 121 names at #2,191; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932