first name
VALERIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 63,605 people named Valeria, 84.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 10% as White and 4.4% as Black. 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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Valeria peaked in 2008, when 4,212 babies got the name.
At least 80,157 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Valeria by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #287. The largest share of babies named Valeria, 46.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Valeria is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Valeria has been most common in Nevada (3.8×), Arizona (3×), and Texas (2.8×), and least common in Missouri (0.2×).
74,947 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 Valeria
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Valeria, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Valeria ranks #86,457 of 156,621, with 232 people. See Valeria as a last name
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