Valdemar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAL-deh-mar
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Valdemar is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Valdemar mean?
Germanic: Scandinavian form of Waldemar
“famous ruler”
Borne by several Danish kings, including Valdemar the Great, who reunited Denmark in the 12th century.
Is Valdemar a girl's or a boy's name?
Valdemar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valdemar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Valdemar, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Valdemar in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valdemar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Valdemar
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valdemar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Christopher, William, Enrique, Ricardo, Roberto, Robert, Alonzo, Luis, Omar, Armando, Victor, Samuel
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Valdemar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valdemar, updated 20 October 2026.