Valentina — #47 US girls' name
59,761 babies named Valentina in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.7% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Valentina was born in this single decade.
4,438 babies were named Valentina in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valentina
The Social Security Administration has registered 59,761 babies named Valentina between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valentina currently holds the #47 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 4,438 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valentina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27,218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Valentina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,289 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Valentina in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valentina 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 59,761 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.
Valentina at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Valentina popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1897
- Peak year (2024)
- 4,438
- Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
Currently a top-50 pick among girls.
59,761 total births across 128 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 4,438 births in a single year.
Valentina popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 2011 (Valentina as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Valentina accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Valentina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 27,218 births that decade — 46% of Valentina's all-time total
Valentina decade highlights
- Peak decade 27,218 births
- Runner-up 19,240 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Valentina's strongest decade
27,218 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Valentina by state
Where Valentina concentrates geographically — total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12,289 | 20.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,821 | 14.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 8,134 | 13.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 6,168 | 10.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 3,386 | 5.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,876 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 1,820 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 1,290 | 2.2% |
12,289 of 59,761 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.6% of nationwide
- Texas 14.8% of nationwide
- Florida 13.6% of nationwide
- New York 10.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Valentina appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1897–2024 (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.