Valen
Valen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 98 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 980.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023102 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1959
- 1,747people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,265 boys have been named Valen in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 102 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 42%.
Valen is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (482), most of them born around 2022.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Valen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Valen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Boazpeak 2023
- Amirpeak 2023
- Zeuspeak 2024
- Shayapeak 2024
- Kaipeak 2022
- Ahmirpeak 2022
- Yahyapeak 2024
- Adlerpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.