Valerian — #5909 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Valerian

The Social Security Administration has registered 474 babies named Valerian between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valerian currently holds the #5909 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valerian performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Valerian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Valerian in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valerian 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 474 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.