US rank #3895 Boys' name Peak 2007 1,901 births

Valente — #3895 US boys' name

1,901 babies named Valente in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s101920s671930s681940s741950s681960s801970s1551980s1891990s3412000s4162010s2872020s146
#3895
of 14,243 boys in use

More common than 73% of names given to boys today.

2000s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Valente was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

58 babies were named Valente in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Valente

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,901 babies named Valente between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valente currently holds the #3895 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valente performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Valente shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 529 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Valente in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valente 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 1,901 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.

Valente at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

1,901

Since 1916

109 years of records

Peak year

2007

58 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#3,895

Among boys

As of 2024

Active since

1916

Recorded for 109 years

Last year on file: 2024

Valente popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2007)
58
Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
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Valente by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
416 births that decade — 22% of Valente's all-time total
1910s101920s671930s681940s741950s681960s801970s1551980s1891990s3412000s4162010s2872020s146

Valente by state

Where Valente concentrates geographically — total births since 1916

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Valente
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
529 27.8%
#2 Texas
445 23.4%
#3 Illinois
12 0.6%
California share of Valente's total US births 27.8%
Even split

529 of 1,901 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Valente?
1,901 babies have been named Valente since 1916. It currently ranks #3895 among boys. The peak year was 2007 with 58 births.
When was Valente most popular?
Valente was most popular in the 2000s decade with 416 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Valente most popular?
The top states for the name Valente are California (529 births), Texas (445 births), Illinois (12 births).
How long has the name Valente been used?
Valente has been recorded in Social Security data since 1916, spanning 109 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Valente?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Valentin, Valentino, Valentine, Val, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1916–2024 (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.