Valerie Girl
How popular is Valerie?
#127 girl name in 2025
2,221 baby girls were named Valerie in the US in 2025, making it the 127th most popular girl name.
Valerie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #127 for girls (▲ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,221 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #171 in 2015, #144 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1959 (7,302 girls) |
| Highest rank | #60 in 1959 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Valerie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Valerie family of names ranked #129 for girls in 2025 (#146 the year before), with 2,606 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Valerie is most popular
Babies named Valerie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 2.8 per 1,000 (130 girls)
- Rhode Island: 2.6 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Florida: 2.2 per 1,000 (940 girls)
- California: 2.1 per 1,000 (1,726 girls)
- New Jersey: 1.8 per 1,000 (327 girls)
Valerie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #757 |
| 1890s | 141 | #719 |
| 1900s | 259 | #559 |
| 1910s | 1,314 | #464 |
| 1920s | 1,710 | #500 |
| 1930s | 3,960 | #251 |
| 1940s | 13,694 | #108 |
| 1950s | 52,230 | #60 |
| 1960s | 56,588 | #65 |
| 1970s | 33,810 | #83 |
| 1980s | 34,629 | #71 |
| 1990s | 22,012 | #129 |
| 2000s | 21,962 | #127 |
| 2010s | 19,013 | #149 |
| 2020s | 11,875 | #127 |
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Questions
- Is Valerie a boy or girl name?
- Valerie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Valerie were girls.
- How popular is the name Valerie?
- 2,221 baby girls were named Valerie in the US in 2025, making it the 127th most popular girl name.
- When was Valerie most popular?
- Valerie peaked in 1959, when 7,302 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #60 in 1959.
- How many people are named Valerie?
- 273,922 babies have been named Valerie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 243,616 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Valerie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Valerie was most common in Nevada, at 2.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.