Val is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Val is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,692 for boy births in the United States (and #9,923 across all names), given to 22 babies. Val first appears in 1882 and peaked in 1952 (178 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,692 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | #15,121 | #5,636 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #15,049 | #5,241 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | #15,167 | #5,849 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,116 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,926 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,164 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,607 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,068 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,076 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,652 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,080 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,688 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,544 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,628 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,945 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,457 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,732 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,391 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,200 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,499 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,382 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,990 |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,912 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,017 |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | — | #4,046 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | — | #4,601 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | — | #6,383 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | — | #4,082 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | — | #5,340 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | — | #4,558 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | — | #4,214 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | — | #3,766 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | — | #4,012 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #6,388 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | — | #4,944 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | — | #3,433 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | #12,428 | #3,063 |
| 1984 | 15 | — | — | #3,096 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,482 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | — | #3,274 |
| 1981 | 26 | — | — | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 29 | — | #10,341 | #2,280 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | — | #1,940 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | — | #2,273 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | — | #1,568 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | #10,841 | #2,705 |
| 1975 | 27 | — | — | #1,833 |
| 1974 | 36 | — | — | #1,469 |
| 1973 | 50 | — | #6,058 | #1,310 |
| 1972 | 53 | — | #4,782 | #1,325 |
| 1971 | 63 | — | #5,119 | #1,147 |
| 1970 | 69 | — | #5,047 | #1,079 |
| 1969 | 75 | — | #4,186 | #981 |
| 1968 | 65 | — | #3,307 | #1,082 |
| 1967 | 84 | — | #3,326 | #874 |
| 1966 | 83 | — | #2,933 | #914 |
| 1965 | 97 | — | #2,535 | #865 |
| 1964 | 114 | — | #1,973 | #874 |
| 1963 | 156 | — | #1,460 | #778 |
| 1962 | 161 | — | #1,454 | #759 |
| 1961 | 184 | — | #1,125 | #816 |
| 1960 | 197 | — | #1,279 | #712 |
| 1959 | 223 | — | #1,115 | #670 |
| 1958 | 237 | — | #993 | #676 |
| 1957 | 233 | — | #1,099 | #647 |
| 1956 | 253 | — | #1,128 | #589 |
| 1955 | 223 | — | #1,174 | #606 |
| 1954 | 217 | — | #1,212 | #609 |
| 1953 | 215 | — | #1,275 | #575 |
| 1952 | 226 | — | #1,419 | #527 |
| 1951 | 177 | — | #1,526 | #595 |
| 1950 | 174 | — | #1,573 | #580 |
| 1949 | 157 | — | #1,964 | #595 |
| 1948 | 153 | — | #2,003 | #591 |
| 1947 | 140 | — | #2,041 | #642 |
| 1946 | 124 | — | #2,225 | #629 |
| 1945 | 92 | — | #1,871 | #733 |
| 1944 | 103 | — | #2,284 | #666 |
| 1943 | 87 | — | #2,348 | #779 |
| 1942 | 129 | — | #1,665 | #625 |
| 1941 | 82 | — | #3,540 | #722 |
| 1940 | 103 | — | #1,895 | #666 |
| 1939 | 95 | — | #2,199 | #666 |
| 1938 | 97 | — | #1,869 | #689 |
| 1937 | 91 | — | #1,780 | #721 |
| 1936 | 100 | — | #1,502 | #687 |
| 1935 | 91 | — | #2,297 | #692 |
| 1934 | 70 | — | #3,775 | #786 |
| 1933 | 85 | — | #1,903 | #750 |
| 1932 | 91 | — | #1,679 | #761 |
| 1931 | 72 | — | #2,098 | #855 |
| 1930 | 76 | — | #2,828 | #809 |
| 1929 | 66 | — | #1,759 | #1,043 |
| 1928 | 62 | — | #5,371 | #890 |
| 1927 | 59 | — | #4,253 | #978 |
| 1926 | 50 | — | #3,028 | #1,157 |
| 1925 | 54 | — | #2,607 | #1,120 |
| 1924 | 46 | — | #3,639 | #1,202 |
| 1923 | 72 | — | #3,107 | #881 |
| 1922 | 45 | — | #3,985 | #1,193 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | #3,640 | #1,326 |
| 1920 | 52 | — | #2,454 | #1,207 |
| 1919 | 39 | — | #2,990 | #1,381 |
| 1918 | 40 | — | #4,770 | #1,210 |
| 1917 | 48 | — | #2,864 | #1,108 |
| 1916 | 40 | — | #5,101 | #1,117 |
| 1915 | 42 | — | #2,247 | #1,261 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #3,575 | #1,484 |
| 1913 | 30 | — | #3,153 | #1,045 |
| 1912 | 27 | — | #3,402 | #997 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #2,835 | #1,980 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | — | #1,574 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,430 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | #1,536 | #1,207 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | — | #928 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #856 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,154 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #847 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | — | #988 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #1,087 |