Vale**
#10,539 most common girls' name of all time · #17,501 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1917–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#10,539
Rank overall
#17,501 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
27 of 146
All-time
539
Since 2016
371
Peak year
2015 #3,547
Best rank
#3,292 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 55/yr
Vale first appears in 1917. 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 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #7,939 |
| 2024 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #6,683 |
| 2023 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,539 |
| 2022 | 27 | 11 | 38 | #4,922 |
| 2021 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #6,219 |
| 2020 | 33 | 14 | 47 | #4,180 |
| 2019 | 33 | 11 | 44 | #4,268 |
| 2018 | 32 | 8 | 40 | #4,380 |
| 2017 | 33 | 8 | 41 | #4,313 |
| 2016 | 49 | 6 | 55 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 44 | 11 | 55 | #3,547 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #9,025 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,866 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,986 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #5,295 |