Valeria
Valeria is ranked 161st among girls in 2024 (1,865 births). Its best rank was 72nd, in 2009.
- Rank in 2024
- #161down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,8650.12% of girls
- Peak year
- 20084,206 births
- Best rank
- #72in 2009
- Since 1881
- 78,213people given the name
The story in the numbers
78,213 girls have been named Valeria in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 4,206 births — 0.22% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 34%. It has spent 136 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 5 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Valeria | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | |
| 1890s | 243 | |
| 1900s | 360 | |
| 1910s | 1,592 | |
| 1920s | 1,901 | |
| 1930s | 1,182 | |
| 1940s | 1,012 | |
| 1950s | 1,922 | |
| 1960s | 2,052 | |
| 1970s | 1,344 | |
| 1980s | 1,750 | |
| 1990s | 7,795 | |
| 2000s | 26,213 | |
| 2010s | 21,391 | |
| 2020s | 9,358 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Valeria was the 73rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Valeria
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abrilpeak 2007
- Estrellapeak 2005
- Jayannapeak 2007
- Nityapeak 2005
- Sicilypeak 2006
- Saharapeak 2006
- Ciennapeak 2006
- Alahnapeak 2008
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.