Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Valerie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Valerie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

7,304

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1884Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

72.8%

2024

1,985

All-time

270,997

Valerie has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 7,304 girls were named Valerie.

In 2024, only 1,985 girls were given the name.

Down 72.8% from its peak.

All told, about 270,997 Americans have been named Valerie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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