Unisex name · since 1925
Valgene
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 177 babies named Valgene, peaking in 1931. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 177
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Valgene is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 177 have been recorded since 1925.
Valgene has 177 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1957.
- #13,722 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 177 born since 1925
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valgene ranks #13,722 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1925, peaking in the 1930s.
- #13,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 177
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Valgene's 177 recorded births place it above 69.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valgene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valgene splits its recorded history at 1937: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1931 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Valgene popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1957
- Peak year (1931)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Valgene popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1924 (Valgene as girls' name)
Valgene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (88 births, 50% of the file).
1930s was Valgene's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Valgene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 27
1920s
27 births
- 1930s
1930s
88 births
- 1940s
1940s
44 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 88 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Valgene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valgene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1925–1957 (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 Valgene 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.