Vale
Mostly girls · VAYL · English
Vale is a name of English origin, meaning “valley”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Vale mean?
English: the English word, from Latin vallis 'valley'
“valley”
A poetic English word for a valley, as in the Vale of York; in Latin, vale also means 'farewell'.
- Say it
- VAYL
Is Vale a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Vale has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Vale in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Vale, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917. 16 boys were also named Vale in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Vale in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 71% of the babies named Vale in the US were girls.
Vale in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
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