Valdemar — #12396 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Valdemar

The Social Security Administration has registered 959 babies named Valdemar between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valdemar currently holds the #12396 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valdemar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Valdemar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 290 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Valdemar in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valdemar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 959 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.