How rare is the name Valencia?

9,301 people in the United States have the first name Valencia, about 1 in 32,473. It ranks #2,586 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VALENCIA

#2,586

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,301
About
1 in 32,473
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,301 people named Valencia, 72.2% reported their origin as Black, 12.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% as White. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Valencia peaked in 1970, when 261 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
261
In 2025*
118 ▼55%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,209 babies have been given the name since 1919. 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.

Valencia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,228. The largest share of babies named Valencia, 25.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#4,592128
1930s#4,79397
1940s#4,475126
1950s#1,6511,040
1960s#1,2282,069
1970s#1,4121,743
1980s#1,4651,933
1990s#1,8551,751
2000s#2,9661,180
2010s#3,2601,140
2020s#2,529997
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–6417.2%
Generation X 1965–8024.6%
Millennials 1981–9625.4%
Generation Z 1997–1215.6%
2013 and later15%

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 Valencia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Valencia has been most common in District of Columbia (4.3×), Georgia (3.9×), and Alabama (3.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.16×).

8,628 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.

Either side of Valencia

#2,583 Nan · 9,307#2,585 Mable · 9,306#2,587 Bernadine · 9,298#2,588 Savanah · 9,297

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Valencia, most common first.

#46,015 Valyncia · 146

Also a last name

As a last name, Valencia ranks #485 of 156,621, with 67,405 people. See Valencia as a last name

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