Valerie is a very popular girls' name that peaked in 1959 and has grown less common since.
Valerie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #127 for girl births in the United States (and #302 across all names), given to 2,221 babies. Valerie was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1959 (7,302 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,221 | 2,221 | #127 | — |
| 2024 | 1,991 | 1,991 | #147 | — |
| 2023 | 1,955 | 1,955 | #144 | — |
| 2022 | 1,986 | 1,986 | #148 | — |
| 2021 | 1,840 | 1,846 | #155 | — |
| 2020 | 1,882 | 1,882 | #144 | — |
| 2019 | 1,890 | 1,890 | #151 | — |
| 2018 | 1,802 | 1,802 | #156 | — |
| 2017 | 1,824 | 1,829 | #167 | — |
| 2016 | 1,966 | 1,966 | #160 | — |
| 2015 | 1,880 | 1,889 | #171 | — |
| 2014 | 1,886 | 1,906 | #176 | — |
| 2013 | 1,880 | 1,894 | #169 | — |
| 2012 | 1,863 | 1,881 | #169 | — |
| 2011 | 1,957 | 1,970 | #159 | — |
| 2010 | 2,065 | 2,084 | #149 | — |
| 2009 | 2,321 | 2,350 | #138 | — |
| 2008 | 2,505 | 2,534 | #135 | — |
| 2007 | 2,424 | 2,457 | #144 | — |
| 2006 | 2,752 | 2,808 | #127 | — |
| 2005 | 2,041 | 2,094 | #167 | #11,392 |
| 2004 | 1,912 | 1,955 | #180 | #9,888 |
| 2003 | 1,919 | 1,988 | #171 | #12,666 |
| 2002 | 2,116 | 2,200 | #155 | #7,602 |
| 2001 | 1,988 | 2,087 | #165 | #10,484 |
| 2000 | 2,023 | 2,130 | #166 | #10,293 |
| 1999 | 2,038 | 2,140 | #159 | — |
| 1998 | 2,142 | 2,250 | #148 | — |
| 1997 | 2,224 | — | #143 | — |
| 1996 | 2,082 | — | #154 | — |
| 1995 | 2,189 | — | #149 | #8,815 |
| 1994 | 2,010 | — | #159 | — |
| 1993 | 2,182 | — | #144 | #7,591 |
| 1992 | 2,350 | — | #136 | — |
| 1991 | 2,389 | — | #135 | #5,914 |
| 1990 | 2,445 | — | #129 | #3,594 |
| 1989 | 2,574 | — | #117 | #4,511 |
| 1988 | 2,777 | — | #103 | #5,188 |
| 1987 | 2,977 | — | #93 | #3,715 |
| 1986 | 3,636 | — | #76 | #2,882 |
| 1985 | 3,898 | — | #71 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 3,738 | — | #76 | #2,948 |
| 1983 | 3,919 | — | #74 | #2,669 |
| 1982 | 4,007 | — | #75 | #2,703 |
| 1981 | 3,625 | — | #89 | #3,210 |
| 1980 | 3,639 | — | #85 | #2,109 |
| 1979 | 3,430 | — | #89 | #2,233 |
| 1978 | 3,314 | — | #92 | #2,919 |
| 1977 | 3,282 | — | #86 | #2,783 |
| 1976 | 3,397 | — | #83 | #3,465 |
| 1975 | 3,239 | — | #92 | #3,232 |
| 1974 | 3,194 | — | #93 | #2,935 |
| 1973 | 3,059 | — | #96 | #2,398 |
| 1972 | 3,213 | — | #100 | #2,073 |
| 1971 | 3,692 | — | #102 | #2,808 |
| 1970 | 4,143 | — | #97 | #2,732 |
| 1969 | 4,310 | — | #85 | #3,049 |
| 1968 | 4,559 | — | #77 | #3,097 |
| 1967 | 4,775 | — | #73 | #1,901 |
| 1966 | 4,828 | — | #74 | #2,458 |
| 1965 | 5,666 | — | #67 | #1,916 |
| 1964 | 6,628 | — | #66 | #2,537 |
| 1963 | 6,184 | — | #69 | #2,528 |
| 1962 | 6,358 | — | #67 | #1,711 |
| 1961 | 6,699 | — | #67 | #1,775 |
| 1960 | 6,732 | — | #65 | #2,201 |
| 1959 | 7,318 | — | #60 | #2,107 |
| 1958 | 6,938 | — | #64 | #1,951 |
| 1957 | 6,250 | — | #76 | #1,885 |
| 1956 | 5,921 | — | #80 | #2,489 |
| 1955 | 5,523 | — | #80 | #2,544 |
| 1954 | 4,923 | — | #87 | #3,799 |
| 1953 | 4,601 | — | #88 | #2,700 |
| 1952 | 4,273 | — | #87 | #2,668 |
| 1951 | 3,564 | — | #100 | #4,222 |
| 1950 | 3,035 | — | #116 | #2,760 |
| 1949 | 3,062 | — | #108 | #2,599 |
| 1948 | 2,137 | — | #135 | #4,162 |
| 1947 | 1,553 | — | #184 | — |
| 1946 | 1,440 | — | #181 | — |
| 1945 | 1,079 | — | #189 | — |
| 1944 | 921 | — | #216 | #3,408 |
| 1943 | 955 | — | #212 | — |
| 1942 | 1,017 | — | #200 | — |
| 1941 | 752 | — | #229 | — |
| 1940 | 807 | — | #214 | #2,853 |
| 1939 | 622 | — | #251 | — |
| 1938 | 551 | — | #267 | — |
| 1937 | 494 | — | #279 | — |
| 1936 | 458 | — | #283 | #4,015 |
| 1935 | 486 | — | #276 | — |
| 1934 | 319 | — | #354 | — |
| 1933 | 293 | — | #374 | — |
| 1932 | 276 | — | #394 | — |
| 1931 | 244 | — | #413 | — |
| 1930 | 222 | — | #452 | — |
| 1929 | 180 | — | #504 | — |
| 1928 | 179 | — | #518 | — |
| 1927 | 195 | — | #500 | — |
| 1926 | 171 | — | #535 | — |
| 1925 | 151 | — | #588 | — |
| 1924 | 172 | — | #558 | — |
| 1923 | 155 | — | #580 | — |
| 1922 | 147 | — | #594 | — |
| 1921 | 190 | — | #516 | — |
| 1920 | 170 | — | #546 | — |
| 1919 | 171 | — | #521 | — |
| 1918 | 202 | — | #472 | — |
| 1917 | 182 | — | #489 | — |
| 1916 | 179 | — | #476 | — |
| 1915 | 171 | — | #473 | — |
| 1914 | 103 | — | #552 | — |
| 1913 | 116 | — | #467 | — |
| 1912 | 87 | — | #520 | — |
| 1911 | 58 | — | #563 | — |
| 1910 | 45 | — | #637 | — |
| 1909 | 47 | — | #565 | — |
| 1908 | 28 | — | #741 | — |
| 1907 | 31 | — | #690 | — |
| 1906 | 25 | — | #741 | — |
| 1905 | 25 | — | #730 | — |
| 1904 | 27 | — | #680 | — |
| 1903 | 17 | — | #860 | — |
| 1902 | 19 | — | #817 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | — | #767 | — |
| 1900 | 21 | — | #830 | — |
| 1899 | 12 | — | #978 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | — | #748 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | — | #824 | — |
| 1896 | 11 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1895 | 19 | — | #743 | — |
| 1894 | 17 | — | #741 | — |
| 1893 | 10 | — | #1,014 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #952 | — |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #836 | — |
| 1890 | 12 | — | #822 | — |
| 1889 | 12 | — | #797 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,460 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | — | #1,030 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #847 | — |