Valen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAY-len
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,609 for boys
Valen is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “strong, vigorous”. In 2025 it ranked 1,609th for boys in the US (105 babies).
What does Valen mean?
Latin: short form of Valentine, or from Latin valens
“strong, vigorous”
Can be a short form of Valentine, from Latin valens, 'strong, vigorous'.
Is Valen a girl's or a boy's name?
Valen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls and 105 boys in the US.
How popular is Valen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 boys.
Valen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Valen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,609among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were named Valen, making it the 1,609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. It first appears in the records in 1959. 26 girls were also named Valen in 2025 (4,986th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Valen of any year since it first appeared, in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Valen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 136 boys in the US were given Valen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,237, up from #1,609 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 20% of the babies named Valen in the US were girls.
Valen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,609 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1,673 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,668 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 77 | #1,942 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 74 | #1,980 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
Nicknames for Valen
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Remy Jaxon Vinnie Roman Rowan Grayson Jenson Enzo Austin Jayden Albie
Other spellings of Valen
Names related to Valen
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Valen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valen, updated 20 October 2026.