Boys' name · since 2005
Valo
Valo has 21 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,873 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,942 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
21 babies have been named Valo since 2005, making it today's #12942 boys' name.
Valo has 21 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12942 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #28,873 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,942 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2005
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valo ranks #28,873 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,942 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,873 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,942 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Valo's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Valo compares
21 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Valo's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Valo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valo's full recorded timeline at 2023, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Valo by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Valo's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Valo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Valo's data
- Valo's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Valo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Valo 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.