Valley

#1,129 for girls in 2025, 207 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 94.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1888 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
879
since 1888

Valley over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #1,036, 1888peak #2,651, 1914girlsboys
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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#1,129207#10,6956
2024#1,505144#9,8947
2023#2,55569
2022#3,59543
2021#3,43545
2020#5,85020
2019#6,69817
2018#8,14613
2017#7,09216
2016#7,60215
2015#13,0067
2014#10,12910
2013#11,0009
2012#14,9626
2011
2010#9,23112
2009
2008
2007#17,6365
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#12,0706
1996
1995
1994#13,4305
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977#9,6525
1976
1975#9,0675
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967#6,8045
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962#5,8606
1961#5,3097
1960
1959
1958#6,1035
1957#5,3776
1956
1955
1954#5,1486
1953
1952
1951
1950#4,7386
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941#3,5055
1940#2,9639
1939#4,2505
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934#2,9239
1933#4,2185
1932
1931#4,3315
1930
1929#3,1379
1928#4,1956#2,8439
1927#4,2866#3,7806
1926
1925
1924#3,8676
1923#4,9675
1922#2,61213#4,3075
1921#2,76212
1920#2,73112#4,2865
1919#3,00510
1918#4,2916
1917#2,87910
1916#3,9196
1915
1914#2,6517
1913
1912#2,9795
1911
1910#1,9357
1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
1907#1,5128
1906
1905
1904#1,3648
1903
1902
1901#1,6795
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,0367
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Valley! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Valley
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 376 spots since 2024 (#1,505#1,129)
  • 4,721 spots since 2020 (#5,850#1,129)
  • 11,877 spots since 2015 (#13,006#1,129)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1888 at #1,036 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,765
  • Highest: 1 in 7,765 girls born in 2025 were named Valley (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,036 in 1888, was only 1 in 25,517 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 60.1% of all girls named Valley (528) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1950
  • Mostly boys until 1949, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#1,036 (1888)#1,036
1890s0
1900s32#1,364 (1904)#1,725
1910s44#1,935 (1910)#3,168
1920s63#2,612 (1922)#3,527
1930s24#2,923 (1934)#3,931
1940s9#2,963 (1940)#2,963
1950s23#4,738 (1950)#5,342
1960s18#5,309 (1961)#5,991
1970s10#9,067 (1975)#9,360
1980s0
1990s11#12,070 (1997)#12,750
2000s5#17,636 (2007)#17,636
2010s105#6,698 (2019)#9,763
2020s528#1,129 (2025)#3,012

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.

Valley in 2025

girls
#1,129
207 births · 1 in 7,765 girls
boys
#10,695
6 births · 1 in 284,679 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #1,129Valley207

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #10,695Valley6
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 7,765 of them was named Valley, which outranked 93.5% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Valley
  1. #1,125Dior208
  2. #1,125Kit208
  3. #1,125Vivianna208
  4. #1,129Valley207
  5. #1,129Dara207
  6. #1,129Lucie207
  7. #1,132Hollis206
  8. #1,132Kaya206
  9. #1,132Sailor206

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,390Klarity#2,178#788
  2. 1,211Rynlee#1,966#755
  3. 963Ailanny#1,895#932
  4. 928Naylani#1,823#895
  5. 861Madisson#1,180#319
Fallers
  1. 353Aubrie#999#1,352
  2. 307Cattleya#904#1,211
  3. 272Jaycee#878#1,150
  4. 248Zendaya#938#1,186
  5. 233Novalee#742#975

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

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 284,679 of them was named Valley, which outranked 23.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Valley
  1. #9,714Zyn7
  2. #9,714Zyonn7
  3. #9,714Zyree7
  4. #10,695Valley6
  5. #10,695Aadhyan6
  6. #10,695Aadish6
  7. #10,695Aamari6
  8. #12,008Aadan5
  9. #12,008Aadhavan5
  10. #12,008Aalam5

Tied with 1,312 names at #10,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,096Kasai#1,735#639
  2. 1,089Akari#1,631#542
  3. 787Eziah#1,397#610
  4. 772Jasai#1,211#439
  5. 648Neithan#1,371#723
Fallers
  1. 265Karim#819#1,084
  2. 235Khaza#961#1,196
  3. 231Landen#813#1,044
  4. 229Khai#947#1,176
  5. 227Seven#891#1,118

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

See the top 100 for 2025