Valencia
Valencia was given to 118 girls in 2025, #1,731 among girls’ names; 12,209 Americans have been recorded with it since 1919 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,300 Americans named Valencia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 23 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Valencia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Valencia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Valencia is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “power, vigour” (valentia).
From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.
/vəˈlɛnsi.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Valencia?
#1,731 among girls’ names, 2025
Valencia rose from #1,935 in 2015 to #1,731 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 58.8 to 73.4 per million.
261 babies in 1970, the peak
Valencia peaked in 1970, when 261 girls were given it, #633 among girls’ names. The 118 births of 2025 are 45% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,731 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 184 | #1,269 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 180 | #1,276 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,214 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 163 | #1,363 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,439 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,314 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,708 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,676 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,827 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 105 | #1,935 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,070 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,105 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,093 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,771 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,990 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,946 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,889 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,836 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,680 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,835 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,809 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 121 | #1,603 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,508 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,456 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,453 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,312 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,360 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 149 | #1,209 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,272 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,242 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 192 | #971 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 185 | #1,003 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 215 | #911 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 227 | #875 | 0.12 |
| 1990 | 242 | #815 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 216 | #859 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 216 | #836 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 207 | #843 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 209 | #806 | 0.12 |
| 1985 | 251 | #697 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 180 | #854 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 180 | #853 | 0.11 |
| 1982 | 150 | #986 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 146 | #1,002 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 167 | #908 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 156 | #947 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 141 | #985 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 138 | #991 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 149 | #890 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 146 | #903 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 158 | #838 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 194 | #728 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 186 | #752 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 214 | #714 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 261 | #633 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 244 | #633 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 184 | #722 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 217 | #652 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 215 | #658 | 0.13 |
| 1965 | 229 | #648 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 219 | #700 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 216 | #688 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 194 | #742 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 184 | #776 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 167 | #801 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 176 | #770 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 183 | #729 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 147 | #839 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 150 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 99 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 82 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 61 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,348 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,323 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,412 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,659 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 7 | #4,030 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,471 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,600 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,233 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,721 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,819 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,674 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,425 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,416 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,853 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,623 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,935 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,097 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,907 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 65 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,151 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,707 | under 0.01 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,422 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,494 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Valencia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Valencia has been given almost only to girls: 11 boys in 101 years of records.
Girls and boys named Valencia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Valencia, and how old are they?
11,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 12,209 Americans ever recorded as Valencia. The median Valencia alive today is 39 years old; half are between 23 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 9,301 people named Valencia (9,227 women and girls, 74 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,551 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 43 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,720 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,770 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,880 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,820 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Valencia born?
The states with the most babies named Valencia are Texas, Georgia and Florida, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,223 | #1,261 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 955 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Florida | 847 | #1,429 | 1.7× |
| California | 785 | #1,938 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 657 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 637 | #1,646 | 0.7× |
| Alabama | 562 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Louisiana | 449 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Michigan | 430 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 327 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Valencia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Valencia is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1919 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Valencia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 12,384 babies since 1880, Valencia is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 118 of their 118 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Valencia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Valencia and names like it
- Compare Valencia and ValynciaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sValencia peaked in 1970.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Valencia since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Valencia.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Valencia alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with VMost given first.