first name
VALARIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,355 people named Valarie, 51.6% reported their origin as White, 28.1% as Black and 14.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Valarie peaked in 1964, when 641 babies got the name.
At least 18,714 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Valarie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #756. The largest share of babies named Valarie, 36.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Valarie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Valarie has been most common in Mississippi (1.7×), Alabama (1.7×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in Minnesota (0.14×).
14,402 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Valarie, most common first.
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