How rare is the name Valery?

8,338 people in the United States have the first name Valery, about 1 in 36,223. It ranks #2,786 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VALERY

#2,786

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,338
About
1 in 36,223
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,338 people named Valery, 55.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 31.8% as White and 9.6% as Black. 82.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Valery peaked in 2006, when 395 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
395
In 2025*
371 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,932 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Valery by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,563. The largest share of babies named Valery, 41.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#10,9266
1920s#8,62035
1930s#5,72368
1940s#4,454127
1950s#2,638420
1960s#2,792440
1970s#4,250286
1980s#4,832301
1990s#3,714616
2000s#1,8882,263
2010s#1,9672,354
2020s#1,5632,016
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.4%
Baby boom 1946–648.1%
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–1235.8%
2013 and later41.4%

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 Valery is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Valery has been most common in Florida (3.3×), California (2.9×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.13×).

6,199 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.

Exactly as common as Valery

1 other first name also has 8,338 people.

#2,786 Keila · 8,338

Either side of Valery

#2,785 Freya · 8,353#2,786 Keila · 8,338#2,788 Cherish · 8,334#2,789 Layton · 8,328

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,099 Valeri · 2,671#7,415 Valeriy · 2,062#15,284 Vallery · 755#17,814 Valera · 612#25,390 Valory · 374#34,544 Valere · 236#35,338 Valary · 228#40,999 Valerye · 180

Also a last name

As a last name, Valery ranks #44,477 of 156,621, with 520 people. See Valery as a last name

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