Valerie — #147 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Valerie

The Social Security Administration has registered 270,997 babies named Valerie between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valerie currently holds the #147 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 7,304 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Valerie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 56,587 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Valerie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43,484 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Valerie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Valerie 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 270,997 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.