Valentina
#35 for girls in 2025, 5,354 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 5,354 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 65,147since 1897
Valentina over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #35 | 5,354 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #47 | 4,456 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #50 | 4,090 | — | |
| 2022 | #57 | 3,901 | — | |
| 2021 | #69 | 3,467 | — | |
| 2020 | #73 | 3,352 | — | |
| 2019 | #65 | 3,797 | — | |
| 2018 | #81 | 3,436 | — | |
| 2017 | #96 | 3,042 | — | |
| 2016 | #106 | 2,920 | — | |
| 2015 | #114 | 2,751 | — | |
| 2014 | #112 | 2,783 | — | |
| 2013 | #129 | 2,565 | — | |
| 2012 | #167 | 1,904 | — | |
| 2011 | #154 | 2,018 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #152 | 2,005 | — | |
| 2009 | #203 | 1,585 | — | |
| 2008 | #264 | 1,292 | — | |
| 2007 | #394 | 829 | — | |
| 2006 | #440 | 725 | — | |
| 2005 | #462 | 657 | — | |
| 2004 | #482 | 611 | — | |
| 2003 | #458 | 654 | — | |
| 2002 | #603 | 427 | — | |
| 2001 | #627 | 399 | — | |
| 2000 | #710 | 327 | — | |
| 1999 | #809 | 269 | — | |
| 1998 | #831 | 256 | — | |
| 1997 | #878 | 231 | — | |
| 1996 | #946 | 203 | — | |
| 1995 | #970 | 194 | — | |
| 1994 | #952 | 195 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,006 | 184 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,377 | 120 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,383 | 116 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,232 | 135 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,288 | 122 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,491 | 91 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,240 | 114 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,351 | 96 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,323 | 100 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,358 | 88 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,672 | 68 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,368 | 90 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,542 | 76 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,678 | 66 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,761 | 58 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,516 | 67 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,433 | 68 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,467 | 70 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,385 | 69 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,291 | 73 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,196 | 79 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,135 | 87 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,190 | 86 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,119 | 95 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,395 | 63 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,420 | 62 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,173 | 81 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,319 | 62 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,197 | 70 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,107 | 72 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,197 | 39 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,526 | 26 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Valentina! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Valentina
- 12 spots since 2024 (#47 → #35)
- 38 spots since 2020 (#73 → #35)
- 79 spots since 2015 (#114 → #35)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 2003 (#603 → #458)
- Biggest drop: 24 spots in 2004 (#458 → #482)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 2025 at #35 (5,354 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 300 girls born in 2025 were named Valentina (0.33%)
- 41.8% of all girls named Valentina (27,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,227 (1901) | #1,463 |
| 1910s | 185 | #1,325 (1919) | #1,659 |
| 1920s | 336 | #1,174 (1923) | #1,387 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,197 (1930) | #1,673 |
| 1940s | 238 | #1,442 (1940) | #1,843 |
| 1950s | 591 | #1,107 (1952) | #1,320 |
| 1960s | 771 | #1,102 (1966) | #1,259 |
| 1970s | 614 | #1,433 (1973) | #1,626 |
| 1980s | 907 | #1,240 (1987) | #1,438 |
| 1990s | 1,903 | #809 (1999) | #1,038 |
| 2000s | 7,506 | #203 (2009) | #464 |
| 2010s | 27,221 | #65 (2019) | #118 |
| 2020s | 24,620 | #35 (2025) | #55 |
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.
Valentina in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 364 of them was named Valentina, which outranked 99.7% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 344,578 of them was named Valentina, which outranked 13.6% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,945 names at #12,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.