Val
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAL
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Val is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “strong, healthy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Val mean?
Latin: short form of Valentine, Valerian and similar names
“strong, healthy”
Short for Valentine and related names, all from Latin valere, 'to be strong'.
Is Val a girl's or a boy's name?
Val is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Val in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 142% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Val, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more boys named Val than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Val in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1973, 18% of the babies named Val in the US were girls.
Val in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1969 | 62 | #972 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,068 |
| 1967 | 68 | #867 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 73 | #859 |
| 1964 | 77 | #867 |
| 1963 | 97 | #773 |
| 1962 | 102 | #757 |
| 1961 | 88 | #812 |
| 1960 | 122 | #708 |
| 1959 | 130 | #668 |
| 1958 | 127 | #674 |
| 1957 | 142 | #643 |
| 1956 | 168 | #586 |
| 1955 | 150 | #603 |
| 1954 | 148 | #608 |
| 1953 | 156 | #571 |
| 1952 | 178 | #522 |
| 1951 | 138 | #589 |
| 1950 | 138 | #577 |
| 1949 | 132 | #589 |
| 1948 | 129 | #586 |
| 1947 | 116 | #638 |
| 1946 | 105 | #626 |
| 1945 | 71 | #728 |
| 1944 | 87 | #664 |
| 1943 | 71 | #773 |
| 1942 | 103 | #620 |
| 1941 | 74 | #719 |
| 1940 | 84 | #659 |
| 1939 | 80 | #663 |
| 1938 | 78 | #683 |
| 1937 | 71 | #713 |
| 1936 | 75 | #685 |
| 1935 | 77 | #688 |
| 1934 | 63 | #779 |
| 1933 | 67 | #745 |
| 1932 | 69 | #756 |
| 1931 | 56 | #841 |
| 1930 | 65 | #802 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,026 |
| 1928 | 57 | #883 |
| 1927 | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1923 | 61 | #873 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Val
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Paul James John Lawrence Russell Rex Charles Francis Martin Virgil Thomas Robert
Names related to Val
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Val: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/val, updated 20 October 2026.