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% boys / >99% girls · 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