Girls' name · since 1943
Valory
Since 1943, U.S. Social Security records show 339 babies named Valory, peaking in 1955. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,552 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 339
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Valory is the #9552 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 339 recorded since 1943.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valory has been recorded 339 times among girls since 1943, currently ranked #9552 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #14,923 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,552 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 339 born since 1943
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valory ranks #14,923 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,552 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 339 born since 1943, peaking in the 1950s.
- #14,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,552 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 339
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Valory's 339 recorded births place it above 79.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Valory compares
339 47th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Valory's all-time total is 10% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valory | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 339 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Valory's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valory's SSA record in two at 1971 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1955 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Valory popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (1955)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Valory by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (90 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Valory's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Valory births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
41 births
- 1950s
1950s
90 births
- 1960s
1960s
51 births
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 90 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Valory's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- 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 Valory: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Valory 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.