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
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,711since 1880
Valentine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #2,514 | 70 | #1,793 | 89 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #2,444 | 56 |
| 2023 | #3,428 | 46 | #1,896 | 83 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #2,083 | 72 |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | #2,499 | 53 |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 | #2,228 | 62 |
| 2018 | #3,614 | 42 | #2,708 | 45 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #3,369 | 47 | #2,885 | 40 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #3,306 | 33 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #2,164 | 40 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #1,885 | 29 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #1,654 | 36 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #1,577 | 38 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,520 | 33 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,340 | 32 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,408 | 31 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #1,570 | 26 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,229 | 41 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,117 | 47 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #1,045 | 52 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #933 | 64 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,082 | 48 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #926 | 60 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #907 | 61 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #949 | 54 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #824 | 68 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #945 | 54 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #975 | 53 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,003 | 46 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | #888 | 51 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #893 | 56 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #786 | 63 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #742 | 68 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #764 | 64 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #742 | 66 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #814 | 58 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #779 | 63 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #729 | 70 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #632 | 89 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #621 | 92 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #569 | 111 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #615 | 97 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #560 | 119 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | #579 | 114 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | #573 | 115 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 | #611 | 106 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | #563 | 126 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 | #610 | 108 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | #546 | 132 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | #625 | 103 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | #551 | 123 |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 | #499 | 142 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | #500 | 142 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 | #581 | 104 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 | #507 | 124 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #470 | 137 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | #435 | 123 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #483 | 81 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #539 | 55 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #512 | 30 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | #496 | 27 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #525 | 19 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #401 | 24 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #433 | 19 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #615 | 12 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #358 | 26 |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #458 | 18 |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #424 | 18 | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #482 | 15 |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #438 | 15 |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | #462 | 16 |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #487 | 13 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #358 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1944
- 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%)
- 17.0% of all boys named Valentine (1,143) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2015, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 155 | #416 (1882) | #468 |
| 1890s | 171 | #358 (1894) | #483 |
| 1900s | 194 | #401 (1903) | #530 |
| 1910s | 967 | #435 (1914) | #509 |
| 1920s | 1,143 | #546 (1922) | #583 |
| 1930s | 725 | #569 (1930) | #733 |
| 1940s | 519 | #786 (1941) | #939 |
| 1950s | 514 | #904 (1950) | #1,049 |
| 1960s | 338 | #1,106 (1965) | #1,348 |
| 1970s | 302 | #1,416 (1970) | #1,675 |
| 1980s | 310 | #1,577 (1981) | #1,920 |
| 1990s | 306 | #2,012 (1990) | #2,542 |
| 2000s | 272 | #3,091 (2005) | #3,565 |
| 2010s | 391 | #2,228 (2019) | #3,070 |
| 2020s | 404 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 144,886 of them was named Valentine, which outranked 55.3% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,613Witney13
- #5,613Yury13
- #5,613Zayra13
- #5,923Valentine12
- #5,923Abigal12
- #5,923Adonna12
- #5,923Adriel12
- #6,335Abeer11
- #6,335Adreana11
- #6,335Aesha11
Tied with 411 names at #5,923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 62,233 of them was named Valentine, which outranked 75.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,974Trayvon31
- #1,974Westin31
- #1,974Zacharia31
- #2,020Valentine30
- #2,020Alphonzo30
- #2,020Antjuan30
- #2,020Barret30
- #2,057Allison29
- #2,057Aram29
- #2,057Aris29
Tied with 36 names at #2,020; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.