Valiant — #9087 US boys' name
207 babies named Valiant in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Valiant was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Valiant in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valiant
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Valiant between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Valiant currently holds the #9087 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valiant performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Valiant shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valiant 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 207 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.
Valiant at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Valiant popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1947
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
Currently ranks #9087 among boys.
207 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 12 births in a single year.
Valiant by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 52 births that decade — 25% of Valiant's all-time total
Valiant decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Valiant's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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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, 1947–2024 (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.