Vallen — #4816 US boys' name
232 babies named Vallen in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Vallen was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Vallen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vallen
The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Vallen between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vallen currently holds the #4816 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Vallen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 62 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vallen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vallen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vallen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vallen 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 232 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.
Vallen at a glance
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Current rank
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Vallen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #4816 among boys.
232 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 21 births in a single year.
Vallen popularity over time — girls
62 total births recorded since 1982 (Vallen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Vallen accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vallen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 117 births that decade — 50% of Vallen's all-time total
Vallen decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vallen's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Vallen by state
Where Vallen concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 232 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.