Val**
#1,387 most common boys' name of all time · #3,331 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1882–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,387
Rank overall
#3,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
7,406
Since 2016
144
Peak year
1956 #587
Best rank
#526 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 253/yr
Val first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,546 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #5,458 |
| 2023 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #5,086 |
| 2022 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #5,639 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,606 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,650 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,662 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,703 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,771 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,338 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,580 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,735 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,793 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,834 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,323 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,069 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,941 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,927 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,892 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,160 |
| 2003 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,571 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,141 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,681 |
| 2000 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,773 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,780 |
| 1998 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,932 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,409 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,947 |
| 1994 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,918 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,028 |
| 1992 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,341 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,028 |
| 1990 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,626 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,827 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,802 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,599 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,284 |
| 1985 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,963 |
| 1984 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,973 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,171 |
| 1982 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,129 |
| 1981 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,047 |
| 1980 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #2,233 |
| 1979 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,915 |
| 1978 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,220 |
| 1977 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1976 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,615 |
| 1975 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,795 |
| 1974 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,453 |
| 1973 | 9 | 41 | 50 | #1,298 |
| 1972 | 12 | 41 | 53 | #1,315 |
| 1971 | 11 | 52 | 63 | #1,144 |
| 1970 | 11 | 58 | 69 | #1,075 |
| 1969 | 13 | 62 | 75 | #977 |
| 1968 | 17 | 48 | 65 | #1,076 |
| 1967 | 16 | 68 | 84 | #870 |
| 1966 | 19 | 64 | 83 | #908 |
| 1965 | 24 | 73 | 97 | #863 |
| 1964 | 37 | 77 | 114 | #871 |
| 1963 | 59 | 97 | 156 | #775 |
| 1962 | 59 | 102 | 161 | #759 |
| 1961 | 96 | 88 | 184 | #814 |
| 1960 | 75 | 122 | 197 | #710 |
| 1959 | 93 | 130 | 223 | #669 |
| 1958 | 110 | 127 | 237 | #676 |
| 1957 | 91 | 142 | 233 | #647 |
| 1956 | 85 | 168 | 253 | #587 |
| 1955 | 73 | 150 | 223 | #605 |
| 1954 | 69 | 148 | 217 | #609 |
| 1953 | 59 | 156 | 215 | #575 |
| 1952 | 48 | 178 | 226 | #526 |
| 1951 | 39 | 138 | 177 | #591 |
| 1950 | 36 | 138 | 174 | #579 |
| 1949 | 25 | 132 | 157 | #593 |
| 1948 | 24 | 129 | 153 | #591 |
| 1947 | 24 | 116 | 140 | #640 |
| 1946 | 19 | 105 | 124 | #628 |
| 1945 | 21 | 71 | 92 | #733 |
| 1944 | 16 | 87 | 103 | #666 |
| 1943 | 16 | 71 | 87 | #775 |
| 1942 | 26 | 103 | 129 | #624 |
| 1941 | 8 | 74 | 82 | #720 |
| 1940 | 19 | 84 | 103 | #663 |
| 1939 | 15 | 80 | 95 | #665 |
| 1938 | 19 | 78 | 97 | #687 |
| 1937 | 20 | 71 | 91 | #719 |
| 1936 | 25 | 75 | 100 | #686 |
| 1935 | 14 | 77 | 91 | #692 |
| 1934 | 7 | 63 | 70 | #786 |
| 1933 | 18 | 67 | 85 | #750 |
| 1932 | 22 | 69 | 91 | #761 |
| 1931 | 16 | 56 | 72 | #848 |
| 1930 | 11 | 65 | 76 | #807 |
| 1929 | 22 | 44 | 66 | #1,036 |
| 1928 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #887 |
| 1927 | 7 | 52 | 59 | #973 |
| 1926 | 11 | 39 | 50 | #1,151 |
| 1925 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #1,116 |
| 1924 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #1,196 |
| 1923 | 11 | 61 | 72 | #878 |
| 1922 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,190 |
| 1921 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #1,312 |
| 1920 | 15 | 37 | 52 | #1,193 |
| 1919 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #1,364 |
| 1918 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1917 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1916 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1915 | 14 | 28 | 42 | #1,252 |
| 1914 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #1,464 |
| 1913 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #1,038 |
| 1912 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #988 |
| 1911 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,807 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,478 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,353 |
| 1908 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #1,162 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #909 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,069 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,294 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,226 |
| 1902 | — | 9 | 9 | #844 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,108 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,207 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #839 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #962 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,054 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,042 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,094 |