Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Valarie

#1,092 most common girls' name of all time · #1,938 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1910–2025

Rank among girls
#1,092
Rank overall
#1,938 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
18,714
Since 2016
458
Peak year
1964 #379
Best rank
#379 1964
Girls Boys peak 641/yr
192019401960198020002020

Valarie first appears in 1910. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 48 — 48 #3,255
2024 74 — 74 #2,440
2023 47 — 47 #3,389
2022 48 — 48 #3,326
2021 43 — 43 #3,565
2020 30 — 30 #4,469
2019 42 — 42 #3,619
2018 45 — 45 #3,452
2017 47 — 47 #3,352
2016 34 — 34 #4,265
2015 49 — 49 #3,307
2014 39 — 39 #3,855
2013 75 — 75 #2,413
2012 36 — 36 #4,126
2011 59 — 59 #2,914
2010 75 — 75 #2,480
2009 83 — 83 #2,341
2008 101 — 101 #2,045
2007 101 — 101 #2,017
2006 91 — 91 #2,133
2005 102 — 102 #1,894
2004 90 — 90 #2,034
2003 102 — 102 #1,826
2002 111 — 111 #1,658
2001 99 — 99 #1,797
2000 100 — 100 #1,746
1999 110 — 110 #1,540
1998 118 — 118 #1,444
1997 121 — 121 #1,395
1996 130 — 130 #1,316
1995 127 — 127 #1,308
1994 128 — 128 #1,325
1993 116 — 116 #1,399
1992 122 — 122 #1,363
1991 134 — 134 #1,261
1990 175 — 175 #1,030
1989 192 — 192 #933
1988 176 — 176 #954
1987 208 — 208 #839
1986 226 — 226 #765
1985 266 — 266 #679
1984 289 — 289 #616
1983 306 — 306 #583
1982 317 — 317 #579
1981 303 — 303 #608
1980 297 — 297 #618
1979 316 — 316 #576
1978 287 — 287 #595
1977 357 — 357 #520
1976 300 — 300 #561
1975 291 — 291 #570
1974 284 — 284 #569
1973 337 — 337 #508
1972 313 — 313 #536
1971 357 — 357 #521
1970 412 — 412 #486
1969 445 — 445 #459
1968 497 — 497 #425
1967 462 — 462 #437
1966 475 — 475 #427
1965 498 — 498 #418
1964 641 — 641 #379
1963 560 — 560 #405
1962 515 — 515 #430
1961 539 — 539 #423
1960 534 — 534 #419
1959 527 — 527 #413
1958 481 — 481 #428
1957 403 — 403 #473
1956 342 — 342 #508
1955 331 — 331 #509
1954 329 — 329 #487
1953 281 — 281 #513
1952 279 — 279 #503
1951 230 — 230 #559
1950 204 — 204 #593
1949 234 — 234 #549
1948 162 — 162 #656
1947 101 — 101 #879
1946 75 — 75 #966
1945 54 — 54 #1,074
1944 53 — 53 #1,077
1943 62 — 62 #1,016
1942 42 — 42 #1,243
1941 46 — 46 #1,098
1940 28 — 28 #1,462
1939 26 — 26 #1,502
1938 33 — 33 #1,284
1937 16 — 16 #2,068
1936 24 — 24 #1,537
1935 27 — 27 #1,440
1934 15 — 15 #2,156
1933 16 — 16 #2,020
1932 10 — 10 #2,952
1931 17 — 17 #1,992
1930 8 — 8 #3,511
1929 9 — 9 #3,276
1928 12 — 12 #2,718
1927 15 — 15 #2,402
1926 17 — 17 #2,221
1925 15 — 15 #2,459
1924 10 — 10 #3,285
1923 18 — 18 #2,151
1922 13 — 13 #2,720
1921 7 — 7 #4,196
1920 10 — 10 #3,242
1919 8 — 8 #3,619
1918 12 — 12 #2,764
1917 16 — 16 #2,190
1916 9 — 9 #3,185
1915 8 — 8 #3,311
1914 6 — 6 #3,426
1913 8 — 8 #2,504
1912 7 — 7 #2,578
1910 6 — 6 #2,392