Valena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- vuh-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Valena is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Valena come from?
Latin: probably an elaboration of Val- names such as Valeria, from Latin valere 'to be strong'
Is Valena a girl's or a boy's name?
Valena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Valena, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. It first appears in the records in 1907.
2025 had the most girls named Valena of any year since it first appeared, in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Valena in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
Nicknames for Valena
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Estella Stella Loretta Regina Nora Viola Alma Vera Camilla Sylvia Clara Laura
Names related to Valena
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, “Valena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valena, updated 20 October 2026.