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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 134,847 of them was named Valentine, which outranked 57.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,392Yisel14
- #6,392Yosselin14
- #6,392Zelda14
- #6,723Valentine13
- #6,723Aalyah13
- #6,723Abreanna13
- #6,723Adrionna13
- #7,130Aalyiah12
- #7,130Abagayle12
- #7,130Abelina12
Tied with 406 names at #6,723; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 52,619 of them was named Valentine, which outranked 78.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,218Trystin37
- #2,218Wilbur37
- #2,218Wilfred37
- #2,254Valentine36
- #2,254Akiva36
- #2,254Aman36
- #2,254Arlen36
- #2,299Adnan35
- #2,299Amer35
- #2,299Ashanti35
Tied with 44 names at #2,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.