Girls' name · since 1993
Valentia
Valentia has 15 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Valentia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1993.
Valentia has 15 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2020.
- #50,304 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valentia ranks #50,304 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #50,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Valentia's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valentia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valentia's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded.
Valentia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2020
- Peak year (1993)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Valentia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Valentia's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Valentia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Valentia's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Valentia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1993–2020 (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 Valentia 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.