Valen**
#3,262 most common boys' name of all time · #7,910 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1951–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,262
Rank overall
#7,910 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,880
Since 2016
1,008
Peak year
2025 #1,614
Best rank
#1,614 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 131/yr
Valen first appears in 1951. 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 | 26 | 105 | 131 | #1,614 |
| 2024 | 24 | 100 | 124 | #1,675 |
| 2023 | 22 | 102 | 124 | #1,673 |
| 2022 | 25 | 83 | 108 | #1,898 |
| 2021 | 16 | 77 | 93 | #1,949 |
| 2020 | 10 | 67 | 77 | #2,097 |
| 2019 | 21 | 69 | 90 | #2,092 |
| 2018 | 19 | 74 | 93 | #1,984 |
| 2017 | 16 | 73 | 89 | #1,964 |
| 2016 | 15 | 64 | 79 | #2,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | 49 | 62 | #2,544 |
| 2014 | 10 | 54 | 64 | #2,381 |
| 2013 | 7 | 39 | 46 | #2,918 |
| 2012 | 15 | 48 | 63 | #2,569 |
| 2011 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #3,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #3,401 |
| 2009 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #3,121 |
| 2008 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #3,955 |
| 2007 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,042 |
| 2006 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,561 |
| 2005 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,235 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #4,660 |
| 2003 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,673 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #4,977 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #5,456 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #5,366 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #6,653 |
| 1998 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,953 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,388 |
| 1996 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #6,650 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #7,198 |
| 1994 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #8,025 |
| 1993 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #7,041 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #5,359 |
| 1991 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #7,543 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1989 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #8,267 |
| 1988 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #6,698 |
| 1987 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #7,329 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1984 | 16 | — | 16 | — |
| 1983 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1982 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #5,789 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | — |