Valentine

#2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 75.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#358
1894 · 26 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,711
since 1880

Valentine over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #695, 1885peak #358, 1894girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,51470#1,79389
2024#3,11951#2,44456
2023#3,42846#1,89683
2022#2,95656#2,08372
2021#3,25049#2,49953
2020#3,39945#2,50551
2019#2,96255#2,22862
2018#3,61442#2,70845
2017#4,14735#2,59748
2016#3,99637#2,88541
2015#3,70541#3,51331
2014#3,36947#2,88540
2013#4,42232#3,12235
2012#4,95728#4,00325
2011#4,35333#3,30633
2010#8,27114#3,45331
2009#5,53725#3,72128
2008#5,75024#3,16536
2007#6,09322#4,64020
2006#8,71513#3,38431
2005#7,89114#3,09133
2004#10,6909#3,21730
2003#7,99813#3,44326
2002#7,44414#3,45025
2001#6,95615#3,61723
2000#9,8749#3,92220
1999#6,83614#2,93928
1998#6,07316#2,50734
1997#6,48314#2,16440
1996#6,72313#2,25436
1995#6,64113#2,92324
1994#10,5697#2,84725
1993#5,67316#2,94323
1992#7,06712#2,59927
1991#6,58813#2,22732
1990#6,86712#2,01237
1989#8,0379#2,46926
1988—#2,03531
1987#5,92312#2,02030
1986#5,75712#2,09627
1985#5,07714#1,79433
1984#5,89911#1,88529
1983#5,45712#1,86429
1982#4,16718#1,65436
1981#4,53216#1,57738
1980#3,60922#1,80831
1979#6,18910#1,75332
1978#8,5626#1,71831
1977#7,5677#2,20221
1976#6,6118#1,74829
1975#9,0675#1,75328
1974#7,6806#1,52033
1973#6,6667#1,51432
1972#5,9598#1,56630
1971—#1,56031
1970#7,0706#1,41635
1969#5,4568#1,46330
1968—#1,33933
1967#4,9828#1,34032
1966#3,95911#1,21638
1965#2,93818#1,10645
1964#5,4747#1,40831
1963#4,8968#1,40331
1962#4,5339#1,40331
1961#4,8828#1,57026
1960#4,18410#1,22941
1959#3,43613#1,38732
1958#6,1035#1,23739
1957#6,0865#1,11747
1956#3,91010#1,04552
1955#3,09514#93364
1954#5,1486#1,08248
1953#3,48011#92660
1952#3,37211#90761
1951#3,7149#94954
1950#3,42310#90457
1949#3,17611#82468
1948#2,49116#94554
1947#3,06112#97553
1946#3,9947#1,00346
1945#4,5565#1,24928
1944#2,02718#88851
1943#1,99419#89356
1942#3,7387#93350
1941#2,53212#78663
1940#2,42412#89350
1939#2,73610#94244
1938#2,34013#74268
1937#2,73510#76464
1936#3,1038#74266
1935#2,20614#81458
1934#2,9239#77963
1933#2,16114#72970
1932#2,64411#63289
1931#1,80319#62192
1930#1,74821#569111
1929#2,09816#61597
1928#2,38114#560119
1927#1,66925#579114
1926#1,51429#573115
1925#1,50430#611106
1924#1,87222#563126
1923#1,55628#610108
1922#1,30936#546132
1921#1,34135#625103
1920#1,51129#551123
1919#1,21638#499142
1918#1,41130#500142
1917#96452#581104
1916#1,29831#507124
1915#1,28530#470137
1914#1,48019#435123
1913#1,76612#48381
1912#1,25218#53955
1911#1,45011#56229
1910#1,42111#51230
1909#1,21912#49627
1908#1,5478#52223
1907#1,6397#55919
1906—#54718
1905#1,2989#52519
1904#1,3648#51518
1903#1,2049#40124
1902#1,4387#65112
1901#1,3397#43319
1900#1,7236#64915
1899—#50215
1898#1,1719#57314
1897#1,5555#61512
1896#1,04710#46219
1895#1,2997#39923
1894#1,4855#35826
1893—#47915
1892#1,2786#45818
1891—#56411
1890—#42418
1889#1,1476#48215
1888—#46417
1887#1,1475#43815
1886—#45116
1885#69510#46216
1884—#43318
1883—#44816
1882—#41619
1881—#48713
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Valentine was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

See more about Valentine
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 651 spots since 2024 (#2,444 → #1,793)
  • 712 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #1,793)
  • 1,720 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #1,793)
  • Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1903 (#651 → #401)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1945 (#888 → #1,249)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #358 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,453
  • Highest: 1 in 4,453 boys born in 1894 were named Valentine (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.0% of all boys named Valentine (1,143) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
  • Mostly girls until 2015, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s155#416 (1882)#468
1890s171#358 (1894)#483
1900s194#401 (1903)#530
1910s967#435 (1914)#509
1920s1,143#546 (1922)#583
1930s725#569 (1930)#733
1940s519#786 (1941)#939
1950s514#904 (1950)#1,049
1960s338#1,106 (1965)#1,348
1970s302#1,416 (1970)#1,675
1980s310#1,577 (1981)#1,920
1990s306#2,012 (1990)#2,542
2000s272#3,091 (2005)#3,565
2010s391#2,228 (2019)#3,070
2020s404#1,793 (2025)#2,203

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.

Valentine in 1972

girls
#5,959
8 births · 1 in 190,156 girls
boys
#1,566
30 births · 1 in 54,054 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #5,959Valentine8

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,566Valentine30
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 190,156 of them was named Valentine, which outranked 38.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valentine
  1. #5,480Zinnia9
  2. #5,480Zorana9
  3. #5,480Zsazsa9
  4. #5,959Valentine8
  5. #5,959Abelina8
  6. #5,959Adinah8
  7. #5,959Adonna8
  8. #6,558Acacia7
  9. #6,558Acquanetta7
  10. #6,558Adel7

Tied with 598 names at #5,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 54,054 of them was named Valentine, which outranked 72.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valentine
  1. #1,535Tremaine31
  2. #1,535Valentino31
  3. #1,535Windell31
  4. #1,566Valentine30
  5. #1,566Amado30
  6. #1,566Anselmo30
  7. #1,566Antwain30
  8. #1,603Algernon29
  9. #1,603Alva29
  10. #1,603Chirstopher29

Tied with 36 names at #1,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →