Valencia — #1267 US girls' name
12,077 babies named Valencia in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Valencia was born in this single decade.
261 babies were named Valencia in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valencia
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,077 babies named Valencia between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valencia currently holds the #1267 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 261 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valencia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,068 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Valencia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,202 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Valencia in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valencia 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 12,077 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.
Valencia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Valencia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (1970)
- 261
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #1267 among girls.
12,077 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 261 births in a single year.
Valencia popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1988 (Valencia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Valencia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Valencia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 2,068 births that decade — 17% of Valencia's all-time total
Valencia decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,068 births
- Runner-up 1,922 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Valencia's strongest decade
2,068 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Valencia by state
Where Valencia concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,202 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 955 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 837 | 6.9% |
| #4 | California | | 774 | 6.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 657 | 5.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 629 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 562 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 449 | 3.7% |
1,202 of 12,077 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 7.9% of nationwide
- Florida 6.9% of nationwide
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Valencia appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.