Boys' name · since 1988
Valon
235 babies named Valon in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,036 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 235
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
235 boys have been named Valon since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Valon has 235 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #12,036 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 235 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valon ranks #12,036 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 235 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,036 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 235
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Valon's 235 recorded births place it above 73.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Valon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valon splits its recorded history at 2007: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Valon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Valon popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1982 (Valon as girls' name)
Valon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Valon's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Valon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (33% of all-time use).
Valon by state
Where Valon concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 7.2% |
17 of 235 births nationwide.
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What to do with Valon's data
- Valon's decade-level peak was the 2010s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Valons (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~36 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, 1988–2024 (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 Valon 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.