Recorded 1944–2023 Girls' name Peak 2010 723 births

Vallery — girls' name

723 babies named Vallery in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s391950s1111960s1061970s561980s501990s692000s1612010s1152020s16
2000s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Vallery was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

28 babies were named Vallery in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vallery

The Social Security Administration has registered 723 babies named Vallery between 1944 and 2023, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vallery currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vallery performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Vallery shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Vallery in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vallery 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 723 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.

Vallery at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

723

Since 1944

80 years of records

Peak year

2010

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1944

Recorded for 80 years

Last year on file: 2023

Vallery popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1944

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2010)
28
Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
0102030 202320122003199319811969196019511944 6

Vallery by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
161 births that decade — 22% of Vallery's all-time total
1940s391950s1111960s1061970s561980s501990s692000s1612010s1152020s16

Vallery by state

Where Vallery concentrates geographically — total births since 1944

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Vallery
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
44 6.1%
#2 Texas
15 2.1%
#3 New York
5 0.7%
California share of Vallery's total US births 6.1%
Even split

44 of 723 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vallery?
723 babies have been named Vallery since 1944. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2010 with 28 births.
When was Vallery most popular?
Vallery was most popular in the 2000s decade with 161 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Vallery most popular?
The top states for the name Vallery are California (44 births), Texas (15 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Vallery been used?
Vallery has been recorded in Social Security data since 1944, spanning 80 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Vallery?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Valerie, Valeria, Valentina, Valarie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1944–2023 (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.