first name
VALENTINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,072 people named Valentine, 36.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 36.1% as White and 19.5% as Black. 72.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Valentine peaked in 1919, when 180 babies got the name.
At least 8,950 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Valentine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #915. The largest share of babies named Valentine, 29.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Valentine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Valentine has been most common in North Dakota (7.9×), Hawaii (3.7×), and New York (2.7×), and least common in Michigan (0.54×).
3,436 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 Valentine
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Valentine, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Valentine ranks #872 of 156,621, with 39,158 people. See Valentine as a last name
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