Valencia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- va-LEN-see-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #569 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,721 for girls
Valencia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “strength, vigour”. In 2025 it ranked 569th for girls in the UK (75 babies) and 1,721st for girls in the US (118 babies).
What does Valencia mean?
Latin: from the Spanish city, Latin Valentia
“strength, vigour”
Taken from the Spanish city of Valencia, founded by the Romans as Valentia in 138 BC.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Valencia a girl's or a boy's name?
Valencia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 75 girls in the UK and 118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valencia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #569among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 194% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the UK were named Valencia, making it the 569th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 963rd.
2025 had the most girls named Valencia of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Valencia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 531st in England and Wales.
Valencia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #569 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 63 | #644 |
| 2022 | 56 | #716 |
| 2021 | 58 | #711 |
| 2020 | 39 | #963 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Valencia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were named Valencia, making it the 1,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,432nd. Its busiest year was 1970, with 261 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had fewer girls named Valencia than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Valencia in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valencia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,721 |
| 2024 | 184 | #1,264 |
| 2023 | 180 | #1,273 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2021 | 163 | #1,354 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,432 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,307 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,815 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,919 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,096 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,934 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,880 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,829 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,672 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,818 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 121 | #1,589 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,499 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,443 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,445 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,307 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,357 |
| 1997 | 149 | #1,204 |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,267 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 192 | #964 |
| 1993 | 185 | #997 |
| 1992 | 215 | #908 |
| 1991 | 227 | #872 |
| 1990 | 242 | #813 |
| 1989 | 216 | #858 |
| 1988 | 216 | #834 |
| 1987 | 207 | #842 |
| 1986 | 209 | #802 |
| 1985 | 251 | #696 |
| 1984 | 180 | #851 |
| 1983 | 180 | #848 |
| 1982 | 150 | #985 |
| 1981 | 146 | #998 |
| 1980 | 167 | #902 |
| 1979 | 156 | #942 |
| 1978 | 141 | #981 |
| 1977 | 138 | #987 |
| 1976 | 149 | #885 |
| 1975 | 146 | #899 |
| 1974 | 158 | #834 |
| 1973 | 194 | #727 |
| 1972 | 186 | #751 |
| 1971 | 214 | #713 |
| 1970 | 261 | #633 |
| 1969 | 244 | #633 |
| 1968 | 184 | #720 |
| 1967 | 217 | #650 |
| 1966 | 215 | #657 |
| 1965 | 229 | #647 |
| 1964 | 219 | #698 |
| 1963 | 216 | #687 |
| 1962 | 194 | #739 |
| 1961 | 184 | #774 |
| 1960 | 167 | #796 |
| 1959 | 176 | #768 |
| 1958 | 183 | #729 |
| 1957 | 147 | #837 |
| 1956 | 150 | #810 |
| 1955 | 99 | #1,003 |
| 1954 | 82 | #1,085 |
| 1953 | 61 | #1,240 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,385 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,382 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,332 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 65 | #924 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Nicknames for Valencia
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valencia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia Olivia Victoria Natalia Lucia Fatima Maria Liliana Marnie Athena Mia Lilia
More Latin names
Oliver Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony
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, “Valencia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valencia, updated 20 October 2026.