Girls' name · since 1901
Valrie
Valrie has 909 recorded births since 1901 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 909
- total births
- 1901–1989
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
909 girls have been named Valrie since 1901, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valrie has been recorded 909 times among girls since 1901, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1901 to 1989.
- 909 total births
- 1901–1989 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 25% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
909 girls have been named Valrie since 1901, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1989.
- 909
- total births
- 1901–1989
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Valrie was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Valrie in 1964 - its busiest year on record.
Valrie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valrie's full recorded timeline at 1952, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valrie at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valrie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1901–1989
- Peak year (1964)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1989.
909 total births across 89 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 32 births in a single year.
Valrie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1941 (Valrie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Valrie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Valrie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Valrie's strongest decade.
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Valrie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 63
1910s
63 births
- 1920s 85
1920s
85 births
- 1930s 84
1930s
84 births
- 1940s 74
1940s
74 births
- 1950s
1950s
202 births
- 1960s
1960s
227 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s 73
1980s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 227 births (25% of all-time use).
Valrie decade highlights
- Peak decade 227 births
- Runner-up 202 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Valrie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Valrie's total volume
Valrie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Valrie by state
Where Valrie concentrates geographically, total births since 1901
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 39 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
39 of 909 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Valrie's data
- Valrie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (227 total births); usage has since declined to 73 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Valries (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1901–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Valrie: Baby Name Since 1901 - 909 Births, Peak 1964." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/valrie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Valrie 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 June 2026.
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