Valerie

Boy · recorded 1936–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1980best year

Most popular in 1980.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1936

081519361953197119882005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 55 recorded years as a table
Valerie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19365
19407
19444
19483
19496
19505
19513
19525
19535
19543
19555
19566
19579
19588
19597
19607
196110
196211
19636
19646
196510
19667
196710
19685
19696
19707
19717
197212
197311
19748
19758
19767
197710
19789
197913
198015
19818
198210
198310
19849
19859
198610
19877
19885
19896
19908
19914
19934
19953
20003
20013
20025
20033
20044
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Valerie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#10,151
How rare
1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1936
693

Valerie was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1980, at 15 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Valerie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.