Valeriano — boys' name
121 babies named Valeriano in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Valeriano was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Valeriano in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valeriano
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Valeriano between 1928 and 2022, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valeriano currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valeriano performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Valeriano shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Valeriano in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valeriano 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 121 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.
Valeriano at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valeriano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1928
- Peak year (1928)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 95 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
121 total births across 95 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 8 births in a single year.
Valeriano by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 26 births that decade — 21% of Valeriano's all-time total
Valeriano decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Valeriano's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Valeriano by state
Where Valeriano concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 9.9% |
12 of 121 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1928–2022 (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.