Valery
Valery was given to 366 girls in 2025, #744 among girls’ names; 8,932 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,550 Americans named Valery and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 7 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Valery by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Valery mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Valery is “a female given name from French [in turn from Latin].”
Also “a male given name from French [in turn from Latin].”
From French Valéry, from Latin Valerius. Doublet of Valerius.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Valery?
#744 among girls’ names, 2025
Valery rose from #1,212 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.12 to 0.23 per 1,000.
395 babies in 2006, the peak
Valery peaked in 2006, when 395 girls were given it, #716 among girls’ names. The 371 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 94% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 366 | #744 | 0.23 |
| 2024 | 359 | #786 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 335 | #824 | 0.21 |
| 2022 | 352 | #803 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 303 | #895 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 291 | #905 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 306 | #882 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 264 | #993 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 234 | #1,086 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 241 | #1,081 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (100)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 206 | #1,212 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,266 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 232 | #1,070 | 0.13 |
| 2012 | 207 | #1,195 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 224 | #1,104 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 244 | #1,026 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 266 | #997 | 0.14 |
| 2008 | 312 | #892 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 343 | #837 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 395 | #716 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 251 | #978 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 175 | #1,247 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 144 | #1,388 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 136 | #1,415 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,497 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 115 | #1,555 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,570 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,879 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,112 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,249 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,147 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,288 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,526 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,379 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 38 | #3,029 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,217 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,775 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,795 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,326 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,454 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,615 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,727 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,592 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,955 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,844 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,509 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,539 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,916 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,169 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,659 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,408 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,207 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,682 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,594 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,337 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,239 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,894 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,701 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,633 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,057 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,885 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,610 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,615 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,513 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,595 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,945 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,609 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,877 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,410 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,220 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 12 | #3,018 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,115 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,504 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,655 | under 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,421 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,234 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,978 | under 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,755 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,920 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,868 | under 0.01 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,839 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,182 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,875 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,918 | under 0.01 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,513 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,228 | under 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,840 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,709 | under 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,669 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,962 | under 0.01 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,926 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Valery a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,932 Americans recorded as Valery, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 366 girls and 5 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Valery: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Valery, and how old are they?
8,550 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 8,932 Americans ever recorded as Valery. The median Valery alive today is 16 years old; half are between 7 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 8,338 people named Valery (6,877 women and girls, 1,461 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,710 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 41 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 570 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 477 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 626 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,670 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Valery born?
The states with the most babies named Valery are Texas, California and Florida, with 45% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 54 | #596 | 1.3× |
| California | 48 | #661 | 1.6× |
| Florida | 39 | #480 | 1.6× |
| New York | 27 | #627 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 19 | #579 | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 17 | #469 | 1.3× |
| Arizona | 12 | #576 | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 11 | #701 | 0.8× |
| Maryland | 11 | #506 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 9 | #809 | 0.3× |
Where Valery is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Valery is most over-represented in California: since 1914 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Valery with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 367,525 babies since 1880, Valery is the third most given (2.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 371 of their 4,476 babies (8.3%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Valery
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Valery and names like it
- Compare Valery and ValerieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sValery peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Valery since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Valery: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Valery.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Valery alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.