Unisex name · since 1983
Valyn
279 babies named Valyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,795 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
279 babies have been named Valyn since 1983, making it today's #5795 unisex name.
Valyn has 279 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5795 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, 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 1983 to 2025.
- #16,539 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,795 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valyn ranks #16,539 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,795 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 279 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,795 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Valyn's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Valyn compares
279 44th 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
Valyn's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Valyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Valyn's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Valyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Valyn popularity over time - boys
22 total births recorded since 2017 (Valyn as boys' name)
Valyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (117 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Valyn's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Valyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 117 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Valyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (117 total births) through the 2020s (88) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Valyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Valyn 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.