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.

Valentina

#512 most common girls' name of all time · #940 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1897–2025

Rank among girls
#512
Rank overall
#940 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
65,166
Since 2016
37,827
Peak year
2025 #35
Best rank
#35 2025
Girls Boys peak 5,361/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Valentina first appears in 1897. 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 5,354 7 5,361 #35
2024 4,456 5 4,461 #47
2023 4,090 4,090 #50
2022 3,901 3,901 #57
2021 3,467 3,467 #69
2020 3,352 3,352 #73
2019 3,797 3,797 #65
2018 3,436 3,436 #81
2017 3,042 3,042 #96
2016 2,920 2,920 #106
2015 2,751 2,751 #114
2014 2,783 2,783 #112
2013 2,565 2,565 #129
2012 1,904 1,904 #167
2011 2,018 7 2,025 #154
2010 2,005 2,005 #152
2009 1,585 1,585 #203
2008 1,292 1,292 #264
2007 829 829 #394
2006 725 725 #440
2005 657 657 #462
2004 611 611 #482
2003 654 654 #458
2002 427 427 #603
2001 399 399 #628
2000 327 327 #710
1999 269 269 #809
1998 256 256 #832
1997 231 231 #878
1996 203 203 #946
1995 194 194 #971
1994 195 195 #953
1993 184 184 #1,008
1992 120 120 #1,377
1991 116 116 #1,384
1990 135 135 #1,232
1989 122 122 #1,289
1988 91 91 #1,498
1987 114 114 #1,241
1986 96 96 #1,352
1985 100 100 #1,323
1984 62 62 #1,755
1983 88 88 #1,361
1982 68 68 #1,674
1981 90 90 #1,369
1980 76 76 #1,546
1979 66 66 #1,681
1978 56 56 #1,808
1977 58 58 #1,763
1976 60 60 #1,645
1975 67 67 #1,519
1974 47 47 #1,852
1973 68 68 #1,437
1972 65 65 #1,476
1971 70 70 #1,470
1970 57 57 #1,642
1969 69 69 #1,388
1968 73 73 #1,299
1967 79 79 #1,199
1966 91 91 #1,105
1965 87 87 #1,138
1964 86 86 #1,193
1963 95 95 #1,122
1962 63 63 #1,398
1961 62 62 #1,423
1960 66 66 #1,359
1959 50 50 #1,542
1958 53 53 #1,474
1957 81 81 #1,176
1956 62 62 #1,325
1955 70 70 #1,205
1954 58 58 #1,309
1953 60 60 #1,255
1952 72 72 #1,111
1951 44 44 #1,427
1950 41 41 #1,442
1949 21 21 #2,166
1948 29 29 #1,754
1947 35 35 #1,623
1946 15 15 #2,528
1945 25 25 #1,672
1944 17 17 #2,141
1943 19 19 #2,038
1942 26 26 #1,649
1941 23 23 #1,675
1940 28 28 #1,458
1939 16 16 #2,079
1938 21 21 #1,729
1937 14 14 #2,248
1936 16 16 #1,993
1935 22 22 #1,636
1934 22 22 #1,631
1933 29 29 #1,350
1932 21 21 #1,719
1931 27 27 #1,443
1930 39 39 #1,204
1929 26 26 #1,547
1928 28 28 #1,526
1927 32 32 #1,442
1926 32 32 #1,433
1925 41 41 #1,220
1924 29 29 #1,599
1923 43 43 #1,190
1922 40 40 #1,244
1921 29 29 #1,562
1920 36 36 #1,302
1919 34 34 #1,342
1918 27 27 #1,557
1917 30 30 #1,368
1916 17 17 #2,002
1915 17 17 #1,938
1914 22 22 #1,374
1913 10 10 #2,113
1912 12 12 #1,694
1911 8 8 #1,900
1910 8 8 #1,892
1908 9 9 #1,523
1901 8 8 #1,332
1900 6 6 #1,874
1897 5 5 #1,792