Valery Girl
How popular is Valery?
#743 girl name in 2025
366 baby girls were named Valery in the US in 2025, making it the 743rd most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Valery popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #743 for girls (▲ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 366 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,209 in 2015, #904 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (395 girls) |
| Highest rank | #716 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1920 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Valery 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 Valery is most popular
Babies named Valery per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (98 girls)
- Florida: 0.5 per 1,000 (200 girls)
- Rhode Island: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (67 girls)
Valery by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 35 | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 51 | #2,729 |
| 1940s | 122 | #1,844 |
| 1950s | 391 | #1,416 |
| 1960s | 435 | #1,596 |
| 1970s | 278 | #2,203 |
| 1980s | 279 | #2,551 |
| 1990s | 616 | #1,558 |
| 2000s | 2,263 | #716 |
| 2010s | 2,349 | #878 |
| 2020s | 2,006 | #743 |
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Questions
- Is Valery a boy or girl name?
- Valery is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Valery were girls.
- How popular is the name Valery?
- 366 baby girls were named Valery in the US in 2025, making it the 743rd most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Valery most popular?
- Valery peaked in 2006, when 395 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #716 in 2006.
- How many people are named Valery?
- 8,932 babies have been named Valery in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,596 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Valery most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Valery was most common in Maryland, at 0.6 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.