Valyn — #7706 US unisex name
258 babies named Valyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Valyn was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Valyn in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Valyn between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valyn currently holds the #7706 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Valyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Valyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 258 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Valyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Valyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2021)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #7706 among girls.
258 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 16 births in a single year.
Valyn popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 2017 (Valyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Valyn accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Valyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 117 births that decade — 45% of Valyn's all-time total
Valyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Valyn's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.