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Valentine: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 89 in 2025. Its best rank was #366 in 1894.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #366 in 1894; #1,807 in 2025. About 56% of babies named Valentine in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,807 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1894, at #366.
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Valentine: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 89 boys in 2025. Peak: #366 in 1894 · most boys in one year: 142 (1919).
In 2025, 89 US boys were named Valentine, making it the 1,807th most common boys’ name of the year, up 667 places from #2,474 in 2024. That is 33 more than the 56 boys named Valentine in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #366, reached in 1894. The most boys given the name in a single year was 142, in 1919. For comparison, it was #3,585 in 2015 and #917 in 1950.
In 2025, 70 US girls were named Valentine, making it the 2,539th most common girls’ name of the year, up 633 places from #3,172 in 2024. That is 19 more than the 51 girls named Valentine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #743, reached in 1885. The most girls given the name in a single year was 70, in 2025. For comparison, it was #3,757 in 2015 and #3,650 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Valentine in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 8,950 US babies have been given the name, 25% of them girls and 75% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,407 babies named Valentine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 600 US boys were named Valentine; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 89. In 2025 that was about 1 in 19,192 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Valentine ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #939 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Valentina (65,166 babies since 1880), Val (7,406 babies since 1880) and Valentin (11,723 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Felty.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 6 | #939 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #952 | — |
| New York | 8 | #1,398 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,570 | #2,911 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,814 | — |
| Texas | 9 | #1,898 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,539 | 89 | #1,807 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,172 | 56 | #2,474 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,472 | 83 | #1,906 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,993 | 72 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,295 | 53 | #2,520 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,444 | 51 | #2,544 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,996 | 62 | #2,260 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,669 | 45 | #2,744 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,215 | 48 | #2,634 |
| 2016 | 37 | #4,076 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,757 | 31 | #3,585 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,418 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,531 | 35 | #3,182 |
| 2012 | 28 | #5,104 | 25 | #4,126 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,459 | 33 | #3,359 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,671 | 31 | #3,521 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,698 | 28 | #3,822 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,945 | 36 | #3,216 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,312 | 20 | #4,793 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,251 | 31 | #3,448 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,307 | 33 | #3,167 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,580 | 30 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,473 | 26 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,802 | 25 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,301 | 23 | #3,715 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,709 | 20 | #4,057 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,221 | 28 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,351 | 34 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,827 | 40 | #2,200 |
| 1996 | 13 | #7,107 | 36 | #2,298 |
| 1995 | 13 | #7,023 | 24 | #3,013 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,733 | 25 | #2,942 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,938 | 23 | #3,034 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,491 | 27 | #2,663 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,962 | 32 | #2,292 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,285 | 37 | #2,045 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,729 | 26 | #2,537 |
| 1988 | — | — | 31 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,323 | 30 | #2,054 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,137 | 27 | #2,156 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,336 | 33 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,276 | 29 | #1,930 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,809 | 29 | #1,901 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,340 | 36 | #1,675 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,735 | 38 | #1,600 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,717 | 31 | #1,849 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,679 | 32 | #1,784 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,709 | 31 | #1,756 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,409 | 21 | #2,267 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,265 | 29 | #1,778 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,557 | 28 | #1,783 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,719 | 33 | #1,544 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,402 | 32 | #1,547 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,537 | 30 | #1,600 |
| 1971 | — | — | 31 | #1,593 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,956 | 35 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,951 | 30 | #1,489 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,433 | 32 | #1,362 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,183 | 38 | #1,235 |
| 1965 | 18 | #3,040 | 45 | #1,126 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,980 | 31 | #1,432 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,273 | 31 | #1,424 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,837 | 31 | #1,420 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,275 | 26 | #1,599 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,428 | 41 | #1,240 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,608 | 32 | #1,412 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,976 | 39 | #1,252 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,949 | 47 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,149 | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,214 | 64 | #941 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,710 | 48 | #1,095 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,673 | 60 | #930 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,540 | 61 | #914 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,990 | 54 | #961 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,650 | 57 | #917 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,382 | 68 | #832 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,587 | 54 | #953 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,221 | 53 | #983 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,392 | 46 | #1,016 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,187 | 28 | #1,268 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,093 | 51 | #896 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,075 | 56 | #896 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,095 | 50 | #945 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,661 | 63 | #797 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,567 | 50 | #901 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,907 | 44 | #953 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,437 | 68 | #748 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,922 | 64 | #769 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,355 | 66 | #746 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,299 | 58 | #821 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,138 | 63 | #787 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,265 | 70 | #732 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,817 | 89 | #643 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,869 | 92 | #623 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,808 | 111 | #571 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,178 | 97 | #619 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,491 | 119 | #561 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,721 | 114 | #583 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,537 | 115 | #578 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,533 | 106 | #611 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,920 | 126 | #567 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,591 | 108 | #613 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,340 | 132 | #550 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,370 | 103 | #629 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,543 | 123 | #558 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,240 | 142 | #500 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,447 | 142 | #501 |
| 1917 | 52 | #976 | 104 | #585 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,329 | 124 | #508 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,313 | 137 | #471 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,536 | 123 | #436 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,873 | 81 | #485 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,293 | 55 | #546 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,538 | 29 | #575 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,511 | 30 | #522 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,282 | 27 | #503 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,665 | 23 | #540 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,803 | 19 | #588 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #565 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,410 | 19 | #547 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,471 | 18 | #536 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,305 | 24 | #409 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,582 | 12 | #683 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,454 | 19 | #451 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,918 | 15 | #677 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #518 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,255 | 14 | #607 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,780 | 12 | #647 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,118 | 19 | #480 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,418 | 23 | #412 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,695 | 26 | #366 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #505 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,440 | 18 | #476 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #592 |
| 1890 | — | — | 18 | #433 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,267 | 15 | #496 |
| 1888 | — | — | 17 | #480 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,296 | 15 | #457 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #469 |
| 1885 | 10 | #743 | 16 | #478 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #448 |
| 1883 | — | — | 16 | #458 |
| 1882 | — | — | 19 | #425 |
| 1881 | — | — | 13 | #501 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #635 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).