Vallie

#1,872 for girls in 2025, 105 births · Last seen for boys in 1958 at #3,944
Given to girls 96.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 27 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,462
since 1880

Vallie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vallie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #385, 1884girls
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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#1,872105
2024#2,50871
2023#2,61467
2022#6,22919
2021#6,96716
2020#7,96913
2019#9,73610
2018#7,10016
2017#10,6899
2016
2015#10,8669
2014#11,9318
2013
2012#14,9626
2011#11,1819
2010#13,4487
2009#13,7047
2008
2007#17,6365
2006
2005
2004
2003#12,4087
2002
2001#13,5216
2000
1999
1998#12,4266
1997
1996#8,8129
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992#9,4918
1991
1990#12,9585
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
1987#11,3255
1986
1985
1984#10,4225
1983
1982#9,2376
1981#8,1287
1980#8,1787
1979
1978#7,6497
1977#7,5677
1976#6,0489
1975#6,4848
1974#8,7755
1973#6,0808
1972
1971#6,0068
1970#5,4139
1969#6,6176
1968
1967#4,6259
1966#5,2737
1965#4,4949
1964#4,35510
1963#2,78020
1962#3,29315
1961#4,00911
1960#3,35714
1959#2,51721
1958#3,54312#3,9445
1957#2,48621
1956#3,18614
1955#2,63518
1954#3,49011
1953#2,07125
1952#2,02325
1951#2,06423#3,7145
1950#1,87126
1949#2,62015
1948#1,59834
1947#2,27919
1946#2,48215
1945#1,58827
1944#1,54528
1943#1,83422
1942#1,59227
1941#1,69622
1940#1,40429
1939#1,32731
1938#1,11142
1937#1,49325
1936#1,44526
1935#1,44926
1934#1,34429#2,7428
1933#1,08541
1932#1,04346
1931#1,10441
1930#1,28934#2,60910
1929#1,03250
1928#1,06949#3,3577
1927#99059
1926#98058#3,1398
1925#94462#3,7416
1924#1,01757#4,3475
1923#97658#2,33113
1922#1,02254#3,8726
1921#1,03553#3,8696
1920#1,07448
1919#89062
1918#86269#3,0968
1917#83068#3,2177
1916#77578#2,54310
1915#73482#2,31011
1914#71465#1,97511
1913#70155#2,4966
1912#59168#2,2696
1911#65943
1910#67939
1909#59442
1908#57442
1907#54544
1906#68928
1905#55639
1904#60032
1903#48244
1902#48542
1901#52034
1900#53140
1899#68021
1898#51037
1897#49734#1,0575
1896#55330
1895#54729
1894#46336
1893#52028
1892#43438
1891#44732
1890#49927
1889#49925
1888#45829
1887#43526
1886#52818
1885#45921
1884#38527
1883#49915
1882#6349
1881#53910
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vallie was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Vallie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 636 spots since 2024 (#2,508#1,872)
  • 6,097 spots since 2020 (#7,969#1,872)
  • 8,994 spots since 2015 (#10,866#1,872)
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1881 (#738#539)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1920 (#890#1,074)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #385 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1880–1919
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,778
  • Highest: 1 in 4,778 girls born in 1884 were named Vallie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,307 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.2% of all girls named Vallie (629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s186#385 (1884)#517
1890s312#434 (1892)#515
1900s387#482 (1903)#558
1910s629#591 (1912)#744
1920s548#944 (1925)#1,014
1930s341#1,043 (1932)#1,269
1940s238#1,404 (1940)#1,864
1950s196#1,871 (1950)#2,589
1960s101#2,780 (1963)#4,311
1970s61#5,413 (1970)#6,753
1980s40#8,128 (1981)#10,207
1990s33#8,812 (1996)#11,426
2000s25#12,408 (2003)#14,317
2010s74#7,100 (2018)#11,239
2020s291#1,872 (2025)#4,693

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.

Vallie in 1918

girls
#862
69 births · 1 in 16,777 girls
boys
#3,096
8 births · 1 in 126,685 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #862Vallie69

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,096Vallie8
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 16,777 of them was named Vallie, which outranked 84.6% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vallie
  1. #859Florida70
  2. #859Pat70
  3. #859Paul70
  4. #862Vallie69
  5. #862Albertine69
  6. #862Benita69
  7. #862Freeda69
  8. #869Cleora68
  9. #869Colleen68
  10. #869Enola68

Tied with 6 names at #862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 126,685 of them was named Vallie, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vallie
  1. #2,882Woodfin9
  2. #2,882Worthington9
  3. #2,882Zolton9
  4. #3,096Vallie8
  5. #3,096Abb8
  6. #3,096Adren8
  7. #3,096Agustus8
  8. #3,368Acel7
  9. #3,368Achilles7
  10. #3,368Ada7

Tied with 271 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918