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.

Valerie

#150 most common girls' name of all time · #291 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#150
Rank overall
#291 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
273,922
Since 2016
19,357
Peak year
1959 #60
Best rank
#60 1959
Girls Boys peak 7,318/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Valerie first appears in 1884. 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 2,221 — 2,221 #127
2024 1,991 — 1,991 #147
2023 1,955 — 1,955 #144
2022 1,986 — 1,986 #148
2021 1,840 — 1,840 #155
2020 1,882 — 1,882 #144
2019 1,890 — 1,890 #151
2018 1,802 — 1,802 #156
2017 1,824 — 1,824 #167
2016 1,966 — 1,966 #160
2015 1,880 — 1,880 #171
2014 1,886 — 1,886 #176
2013 1,880 — 1,880 #169
2012 1,863 — 1,863 #169
2011 1,957 — 1,957 #159
2010 2,065 — 2,065 #149
2009 2,321 — 2,321 #138
2008 2,505 — 2,505 #135
2007 2,424 — 2,424 #144
2006 2,752 — 2,752 #127
2005 2,035 6 2,041 #167
2004 1,905 7 1,912 #180
2003 1,914 5 1,919 #171
2002 2,107 9 2,116 #155
2001 1,982 6 1,988 #165
2000 2,017 6 2,023 #166
1999 2,038 — 2,038 #159
1998 2,142 — 2,142 #148
1997 2,224 — 2,224 #143
1996 2,082 — 2,082 #154
1995 2,183 6 2,189 #149
1994 2,010 — 2,010 #159
1993 2,175 7 2,182 #144
1992 2,350 — 2,350 #136
1991 2,380 9 2,389 #135
1990 2,428 17 2,445 #129
1989 2,562 12 2,574 #117
1988 2,768 9 2,777 #103
1987 2,964 13 2,977 #93
1986 3,618 18 3,636 #76
1985 3,881 17 3,898 #71
1984 3,722 16 3,738 #76
1983 3,901 18 3,919 #74
1982 3,989 18 4,007 #75
1981 3,611 14 3,625 #89
1980 3,613 26 3,639 #85
1979 3,407 23 3,430 #89
1978 3,299 15 3,314 #92
1977 3,266 16 3,282 #86
1976 3,386 11 3,397 #83
1975 3,227 12 3,239 #92
1974 3,181 13 3,194 #93
1973 3,042 17 3,059 #96
1972 3,193 20 3,213 #100
1971 3,679 13 3,692 #102
1970 4,130 13 4,143 #97
1969 4,300 10 4,310 #85
1968 4,550 9 4,559 #77
1967 4,757 18 4,775 #73
1966 4,816 12 4,828 #74
1965 5,648 18 5,666 #67
1964 6,616 12 6,628 #66
1963 6,172 12 6,184 #69
1962 6,335 23 6,358 #67
1961 6,677 22 6,699 #67
1960 6,717 15 6,732 #65
1959 7,302 16 7,318 #60
1958 6,920 18 6,938 #64
1957 6,231 19 6,250 #76
1956 5,909 12 5,921 #80
1955 5,512 11 5,523 #80
1954 4,917 6 4,923 #87
1953 4,591 10 4,601 #88
1952 4,263 10 4,273 #87
1951 3,559 5 3,564 #100
1950 3,026 9 3,035 #116
1949 3,052 10 3,062 #108
1948 2,132 5 2,137 #135
1947 1,553 — 1,553 #184
1946 1,440 — 1,440 #181
1945 1,079 — 1,079 #189
1944 915 6 921 #216
1943 955 — 955 #212
1942 1,017 — 1,017 #200
1941 752 — 752 #229
1940 799 8 807 #214
1939 622 — 622 #251
1938 551 — 551 #267
1937 494 — 494 #279
1936 453 5 458 #283
1935 486 — 486 #276
1934 319 — 319 #353
1933 293 — 293 #374
1932 276 — 276 #393
1931 244 — 244 #413
1930 222 — 222 #452
1929 180 — 180 #504
1928 179 — 179 #518
1927 195 — 195 #500
1926 171 — 171 #534
1925 151 — 151 #586
1924 172 — 172 #558
1923 155 — 155 #580
1922 147 — 147 #594
1921 190 — 190 #515
1920 170 — 170 #545
1919 171 — 171 #520
1918 202 — 202 #472
1917 182 — 182 #488
1916 179 — 179 #475
1915 171 — 171 #473
1914 103 — 103 #552
1913 116 — 116 #467
1912 87 — 87 #519
1911 58 — 58 #562
1910 45 — 45 #638
1909 47 — 47 #564
1908 28 — 28 #736
1907 31 — 31 #690
1906 25 — 25 #740
1905 25 — 25 #729
1904 27 — 27 #679
1903 17 — 17 #854
1902 19 — 19 #812
1901 19 — 19 #764
1900 21 — 21 #828
1899 12 — 12 #966
1898 21 — 21 #746
1897 16 — 16 #821
1896 11 — 11 #1,034
1895 19 — 19 #741
1894 17 — 17 #743
1893 10 — 10 #1,004
1892 11 — 11 #947
1891 12 — 12 #828
1890 12 — 12 #819
1889 12 — 12 #800
1888 5 — 5 #1,341
1887 7 — 7 #1,009
1884 8 — 8 #849