Valency — girls' name
11 babies named Valency in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Valency was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Valency in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valency
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Valency between 1972 and 1972, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valency currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valency performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Valency in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valency 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 11 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.
Valency at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valency popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
11 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 11 births in a single year.
Valency by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Valency's all-time total
Valency decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Valency's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Valency by state
Where Valency concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 45.5% |
5 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 45.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 45.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1972–1972 (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.