How rare is the name Valentin?

15,760 people in the United States have the first name Valentin, about 1 in 19,164. It ranks #1,846 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VALENTIN

#1,846

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,760
About
1 in 19,164
This common or more
77.3%
Who bears it

Of the 15,760 people named Valentin, 79.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% as White and 1.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Valentin peaked in 2025, when 418 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
418
In 2025*
418
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,723 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Valentin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,547. The largest share of babies named Valentin, 32.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#4,053103
1920s#2,980255
1930s#2,456300
1940s#2,661310
1950s#2,554447
1960s#2,622495
1970s#2,454671
1980s#2,252948
1990s#2,1471,414
2000s#1,8562,305
2010s#1,9232,425
2020s#1,5472,050
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–454.5%
Baby boom 1946–647.1%
Generation X 1965–808.7%
Millennials 1981–9615.3%
Generation Z 1997–1229.8%
2013 and later32.1%

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 Valentin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Valentin has been most common in Texas (5.1×), Arizona (3.5×), and California (3.3×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.35×).

9,236 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 Valentin

#1,844 Xiomara · 15,803#1,845 Terrie · 15,787#1,847 Merle · 15,757#1,848 Renata · 15,740

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Valentin, most common first.

#910 Valentina · 49,540#3,123 Valentino · 7,031#3,429 Valentine · 6,072#5,922 Valente · 2,788#10,688 Valentyna · 1,233#29,690 Valentyn · 297#38,422 Valentia · 200

Also a last name

As a last name, Valentin ranks #1,755 of 156,621, with 19,963 people. See Valentin as a last name

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