Unisex name · since 1959
Valen
1,372 babies named Valen in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,203 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,614 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,372
- born since 1959
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Valen is the #1614 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 1,372 recorded since 1959.
Social Security Administration records show Valen recorded 1,372 times among boys since 1959, holding rank #1614 nationally today, ahead of 88% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #4,203 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,614 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,372 born since 1959
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valen ranks #4,203 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,614 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,372 born since 1959, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,203 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,614 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,372
- born since 1959
- 2020s
- peak decade
Valen's 1,372 recorded births place it above 90.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Valen compares
1,372 Top 27% higher than 73% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Valen's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,372 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 105 | 34 | 22,252 |
Valen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valen's full recorded timeline at 2006, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 105 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 105
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Valen popularity over time - girls
508 total births recorded since 1951 (Valen as girls' name)
Valen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (534 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Valen's strongest decade.
534 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Valen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 74
1990s
74 births
- 2000s 205
2000s
205 births
- 2010s
2010s
530 births
- 2020s
2020s
534 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 534 births (39% of all-time use).
How Valen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Valen's total volume
Valen by state
Where Valen concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 159 | 11.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 112 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 25 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 25 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 15 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 11 | 0.8% |
159 of 1,372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Valen appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Valens (159 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Valen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Valen 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.