Boys' name · since 1920
Valerio
Valerio has 502 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,234 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 502
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Valerio currently ranks #5234 among boys' names in America, with 502 babies recorded since 1920.
Valerio has 502 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5234 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #7,891 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,234 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 502 born since 1920
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valerio ranks #7,891 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,234 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 502 born since 1920, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,234 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 502
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Valerio's 502 recorded births place it above 82.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Valerio compares
502 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Valerio's all-time total is 36% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valerio | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 502 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Valerio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valerio's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Valerio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Valerio by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (117 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Valerio's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Valerio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 28
1920s
28 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1950s 45
1950s
45 births
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 117 births (23% of all-time use).
How Valerio compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Valerio's total volume
Valerio by state
Where Valerio concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 3.6% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 2.2% |
18 of 502 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Valerios (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valerio: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Valerio draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.