Valeria

#162 for girls in 2025, 1,835 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #9,709
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2009 · 4,091 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
80,052
since 1881

Valeria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #72, 2009girls
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1621,835
2024#1621,866
2023#1541,866
2022#1461,997
2021#1581,814
2020#1501,816
2019#1421,989
2018#1411,990
2017#1561,890
2016#1532,038
2015#1621,977
2014#1751,892
2013#1761,816
2012#1492,144#9,7097
2011#1252,540#10,8086
2010#963,116#10,7666
2009#724,091#12,4915
2008#734,206#11,0376
2007#983,413#8,1739
2006#913,731#10,6626
2005#1372,430#10,1516
2004#1741,959#9,9486
2003#1851,736#10,8945
2002#1971,638
2001#2031,589
2000#2211,423
1999#2921,059
1998#2901,032
1997#297967#7,2817
1996#328855
1995#318865#8,8685
1994#340789#8,8005
1993#302885#5,36010
1992#389665#7,4226
1991#616366
1990#683312#8,1175
1989#816232
1988#815224
1987#838208
1986#815206#6,7215
1985#762224
1984#1,011141
1983#954154
1982#1,010146
1981#1,165114
1980#1,276100
1979#1,261101
1978#1,126115
1977#1,24097
1976#971131
1975#849157
1974#908139
1973#801163
1972#982122
1971#911143
1970#795176
1969#733190
1968#672208
1967#669206
1966#708192
1965#675212
1964#610268
1963#760183
1962#714209
1961#721207
1960#765177
1959#700205
1958#656229
1957#734186
1956#639222
1955#642208
1954#683187
1953#688172
1952#662179
1951#694160
1950#649174
1949#650163
1948#757127
1947#89897
1946#85793
1945#1,02257
1944#84182
1943#734111
1942#78594
1941#73593
1940#71495
1939#68898
1938#653110
1937#631115
1936#67297
1935#582123
1934#625113
1933#582122
1932#572131
1931#561136
1930#583137
1929#588135
1928#571153
1927#491202
1926#504193
1925#558167
1924#478212
1923#481205
1922#491198
1921#486202
1920#437234
1919#443221
1918#425243
1917#422228
1916#413226
1915#467173
1914#443152
1913#447123
1912#50191
1911#47775
1910#52860
1909#57445
1908#58341
1907#63135
1906#52843
1905#51044
1904#51141
1903#68024
1902#62328
1901#61526
1900#61133
1899#62924
1898#47542
1897#61525
1896#67022
1895#54729
1894#50432
1893#71317
1892#61621
1891#69515
1890#66716
1889#65715
1888#66315
1887#58615
1886#69311
1885#60813
1884#7319
1883#8176
1882#8136
1881#6238
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Valeria! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Valeria is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Valeria
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #162 since 2024
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#150#162)
  • Same as 2015 (#162)
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1985 (#1,011#762)
  • Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1977 (#971#1,240)
Rise & fade · girls
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2009 at #72 (4,091 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 2006–2010
  • Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1881–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 449
  • Highest: 1 in 449 girls born in 2009 were named Valeria (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 876 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.7% of all girls named Valeria (26,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s98#586 (1887)#688
1890s243#475 (1898)#613
1900s360#510 (1905)#587
1910s1,592#413 (1916)#457
1920s1,901#437 (1920)#509
1930s1,182#561 (1931)#615
1940s1,012#650 (1949)#799
1950s1,922#639 (1956)#675
1960s2,052#610 (1964)#703
1970s1,344#795 (1970)#984
1980s1,749#762 (1985)#946
1990s7,795#290 (1998)#386
2000s26,216#72 (2009)#145
2010s21,392#96 (2010)#148
2020s11,194#146 (2022)#155

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.

Valeria in 1900

girls
#611
33 births · 1 in 9,084 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #611Valeria33
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 9,084 of them was named Valeria, which outranked 72.5% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Valeria
  1. #605Katheryn34
  2. #605Kittie34
  3. #605Mertie34
  4. #611Valeria33
  5. #611Adella33
  6. #611Anastasia33
  7. #611Birtha33
  8. #624Altha32
  9. #624Greta32
  10. #624Justine32

Tied with 12 names at #611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 940Rosia#1,596#656
  2. 763Josiephine#1,596#833
  3. 763Lelar#1,596#833
  4. 736Carmel#1,596#860
  5. 722Gloria#1,278#556
Fallers
  1. 1,204Irva#728#1,932
  2. 1,026Dellie#906#1,932
  3. 1,026Marybelle#906#1,932
  4. 949Sada#983#1,932
  5. 949Sidonia#983#1,932

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

See the top 100 for 1900