Valley Girl
How popular is Valley?
#1,129 girl name in 2025
207 baby girls were named Valley in the US in 2025, making it the 1129th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Valley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,129 for girls (▲ 376 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 207 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+2857% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #13,001 in 2015, #5,846 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (207 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,036 in 1888 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Valley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Valley family of names ranked #703 for girls in 2025 (#898 the year before), with 376 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Valley | 207 | 55% |
| Vallie | 105 | 28% |
| Vallee | 41 | 11% |
| Valli | 17 | 5% |
| Valleigh | 6 | 2% |
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 Valley is most popular
Babies named Valley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Valley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,363 |
| 1910s | 44 | #1,935 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,611 |
| 1930s | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1940s | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1950s | 23 | #4,736 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,308 |
| 1970s | 10 | #9,065 |
| 1990s | 11 | #12,065 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2010s | 105 | #6,694 |
| 2020s | 528 | #1,129 |
Girl names about as popular as Valley
Questions
- Is Valley a boy or girl name?
- Valley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Valley were girls.
- How popular is the name Valley?
- 207 baby girls were named Valley in the US in 2025, making it the 1129th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Valley most popular?
- Valley peaked in 2025, when 207 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,036 in 1888.
- How many people are named Valley?
- 935 babies have been named Valley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 721 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 2.
- Where is Valley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Valley was most common in Utah, at 0.2 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.