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.

Valerian

#7,275 most common boys' name of all time · #18,277 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#7,275
Rank overall
#18,277 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
503
Since 2016
138
Peak year
2018 #4,240
Best rank
#1,826 1918
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
192019401960198020002020

Valerian first appears in 1914. 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 — 23 23 #4,412
2024 — 15 15 #5,933
2023 — 13 13 #6,563
2022 — 18 18 #5,243
2021 — 17 17 #5,369
2020 — 14 14 #6,026
2019 — 14 14 #6,146
2018 — 24 24 #4,240
2010 — 5 5 #12,364
2009 — 5 5 #12,641
2004 — 5 5 #11,498
1980 — 5 5 #6,438
1970 — 10 10 #3,159
1965 — 5 5 #4,102
1955 — 7 7 #3,342
1954 — 5 5 #4,039
1953 — 6 6 #3,608
1951 — 5 5 #3,950
1948 — 6 6 #3,490
1945 — 5 5 #3,568
1944 — 5 5 #3,662
1943 — 9 9 #2,689
1942 — 7 7 #3,113
1941 — 7 7 #3,028
1940 — 10 10 #2,445
1939 — 7 7 #3,017
1938 — 11 11 #2,300
1937 — 7 7 #3,077
1936 — 6 6 #3,387
1935 — 6 6 #3,484
1934 — 15 15 #1,921
1933 — 11 11 #2,338
1932 — 10 10 #2,606
1931 — 8 8 #3,026
1930 — 10 10 #2,741
1929 — 9 9 #2,926
1928 — 11 11 #2,624
1927 — 17 17 #2,028
1925 — 15 15 #2,185
1924 — 12 12 #2,610
1923 — 7 7 #3,659
1922 — 13 13 #2,472
1921 — 7 7 #3,715
1920 — 10 10 #2,925
1919 — 8 8 #3,299
1918 — 19 19 #1,826
1917 6 7 13 #3,401
1916 — 11 11 #2,529
1915 — 8 8 #3,017
1914 — 7 7 #2,907