Valentin
Valentin was given to 418 boys in 2025, #660 among boys’ names; 11,723 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,400 Americans named Valentin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 9 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Valentin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Valentin mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Valentin is “a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Valentine”
From Latin Valentinus.
/va.lɑ̃.tɛ̃/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Valentin?
#660 among boys’ names, 2025
Valentin rose from #924 in 2015 to #660 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.12 to 0.24 per 1,000.
418 babies in 2025, the peak
Valentin peaked in 2025, when 418 boys were given it, #660 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 343 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 418 | #660 | 0.24 |
| 2024 | 343 | #748 | 0.20 |
| 2023 | 374 | #710 | 0.22 |
| 2022 | 315 | #800 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 291 | #823 | 0.17 |
| 2020 | 309 | #771 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 269 | #838 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 265 | #842 | 0.15 |
| 2017 | 229 | #924 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 271 | #836 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 232 | #924 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 212 | #985 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 237 | #881 | 0.13 |
| 2012 | 231 | #901 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 206 | #964 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 273 | #798 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 319 | #734 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 380 | #646 | 0.19 |
| 2007 | 404 | #614 | 0.19 |
| 2006 | 212 | #911 | 0.10 |
| 2005 | 184 | #951 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 163 | #1,011 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 180 | #919 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,031 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 154 | #995 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 160 | #955 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 167 | #900 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 141 | #977 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 167 | #849 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 146 | #905 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 135 | #955 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 153 | #867 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 124 | #971 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,013 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 134 | #904 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 131 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 119 | #933 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 93 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 86 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 95 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 91 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 85 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 117 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 95 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 88 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 69 | #993 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 74 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,096 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,061 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 63 | #971 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,068 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,070 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,125 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,004 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,136 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,201 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,105 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,208 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,209 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,089 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,115 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,117 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,337 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,079 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,242 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,242 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,094 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 61 | #883 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,125 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,214 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,188 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,352 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,118 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,730 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,185 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,527 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,308 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,195 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,573 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 46 | #941 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,375 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,411 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,176 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,578 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,256 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,956 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,052 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,065 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,856 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,779 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,967 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,035 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Valentin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Valentin has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Valentin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Valentin, and how old are they?
10,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 11,723 Americans ever recorded as Valentin. The median Valentin alive today is 19 years old; half are between 9 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 15,760 people named Valentin (168 women and girls, 15,592 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,716 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 555 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 906 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,710 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,440 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,740 |
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 Valentin born?
The states with the most babies named Valentin are California, Texas and Arizona, with 63% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 111 | #329 | 2.2× |
| Texas | 100 | #371 | 3.4× |
| Arizona | 24 | #330 | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 15 | #631 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 13 | #570 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,121 | 0.7× |
| Colorado | 12 | #499 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #768 | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #503 | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,078 | 0.3× |
Where Valentin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Valentin is most over-represented in Texas: since 1912 it was given 3.4 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 boys’ 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 Valentin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Valentin
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 Valentin and names like it
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- The most given names of the 2020sValentin peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Valentin since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Valentin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Valentin.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Valentin alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.