Girls' name · since 1949
Valary
Since 1949, U.S. Social Security records show 88 babies named Valary, peaking in 1964. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,616 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
88 girls have been named Valary since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Valary has 88 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2010.
- #28,616 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valary ranks #28,616 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,616 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Valary's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valary splits its recorded history at 1983: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1964 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Valary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2010
- Peak year (1964)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Valary by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (20 births, 23% of the file).
1960s was Valary's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Valary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 20 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Valary's decade-level peak was the 1960s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Valary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1949–2010 (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 Valary 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.