Girls' name · since 1920
Valaree
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 242 babies named Valaree, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 242
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
242 girls have been named Valaree since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Valaree has 242 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2013.
- #17,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 242 born since 1920
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valaree ranks #17,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 242 born since 1920, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 242
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Valaree's 242 recorded births place it above 75.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valaree's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valaree's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Valaree popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2013
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Valaree by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (67 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Valaree's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Valaree births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 25
1950s
25 births
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 67 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Valaree's decade-level peak was the 1980s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valaree: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~93 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Valaree draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.