Valentin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAL-en-tin
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #660 for boys
Valentin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “strong, healthy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 660th for boys in the US (418 babies).
What does Valentin mean?
Latin: from Valentinus
“strong, healthy”
The form of Valentine used in French, German, Romanian and Russian, from Latin valens, strong.
Is Valentin a girl's or a boy's name?
Valentin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 418 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valentin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Valentin, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 29 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Valentin than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Valentin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Valentin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,110 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Valentin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #660among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 418about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 418 boys in the US were named Valentin, making it the 660th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 771st. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had the most boys named Valentin of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Valentin in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valentin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 418 | #660 |
| 2024 | 343 | #747 |
| 2023 | 374 | #709 |
| 2022 | 315 | #797 |
| 2021 | 291 | #822 |
| 2020 | 309 | #771 |
| 2019 | 269 | #837 |
| 2018 | 265 | #840 |
| 2017 | 229 | #923 |
| 2016 | 271 | #835 |
| 2015 | 232 | #922 |
| 2014 | 212 | #983 |
| 2013 | 237 | #880 |
| 2012 | 231 | #898 |
| 2011 | 206 | #961 |
| 2010 | 273 | #793 |
| 2009 | 319 | #731 |
| 2008 | 380 | #644 |
| 2007 | 404 | #614 |
| 2006 | 212 | #910 |
| 2005 | 184 | #949 |
| 2004 | 163 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 180 | #918 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,025 |
| 2001 | 154 | #991 |
| 2000 | 160 | #947 |
| 1999 | 167 | #899 |
| 1998 | 141 | #975 |
| 1997 | 167 | #845 |
| 1996 | 146 | #900 |
| 1995 | 135 | #953 |
| 1994 | 153 | #863 |
| 1993 | 124 | #962 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,007 |
| 1991 | 134 | #903 |
| 1990 | 131 | #894 |
| 1989 | 119 | #929 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,081 |
| 1987 | 93 | #981 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,014 |
| 1985 | 86 | #983 |
| 1984 | 95 | #900 |
| 1983 | 91 | #924 |
| 1982 | 85 | #977 |
| 1981 | 117 | #810 |
| 1980 | 95 | #911 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,064 |
| 1976 | 88 | #886 |
| 1975 | 69 | #984 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,026 |
| 1973 | 74 | #936 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,057 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,051 |
| 1969 | 63 | #965 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,047 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,061 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,059 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,000 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,096 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,105 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1950 | 61 | #877 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,219 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 46 | #931 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,216 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
Nicknames for Valentin
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valentin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Valentin
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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, “Valentin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valentin, updated 20 October 2026.