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Valentina

Gender
Girl
Say it
val-en-TEE-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#268 for girls
US rank, 2025
#35 for girls

Valentina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “strong, healthy”. In 2025 it ranked 268th for girls in the UK (188 babies) and 35th for girls in the US (5,354 babies).

What does Valentina mean?

Latin: feminine of Valentinus

“strong, healthy”

Feminine of Valentinus, from Latin valens, strong; Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Valentina a girl's or a boy's name?

Valentina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 188 girls in the UK and 5,354 girls and 7 boys in the US.

How popular is Valentina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
268th among girls
Babies in 2025
188 about 1 in 1,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 188 girls in the UK were named Valentina, making it the 268th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 243rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 233 girls.

Half of all the girls named Valentina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 272nd in England and Wales, 256th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 233 in 20172025
Valentina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025188#268
2024186#277
2023183#272
2022217#235
2021222#244
2020211#243
2019193#276
2018225#245
2017233#240
2016170#317
2015157#333
2014178#294
2013158#327
2012151#352
201180#567
201081#545
200974#573
200847#798
200742#830
200641#809
200548#698
200444#706
200341#733
200230#867
200124#995
200037#715
199923#1,005
199827#891
199720#1,087
199620#1,061

How popular is Valentina in the US?

Rank in 2025
35th among girls
Babies in 2025
5,354 about 1 in 300 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 31% in five years
Same name in a class
4.6% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5,354 girls in the US were named Valentina, making it the 35th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 73rd. It first appears in the records in 1897. 7 boys were also named Valentina in 2025 (9,710th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Valentina of any year since it first appeared, in 1897.

Half of all the girls named Valentina in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1897Busiest: 5,354 in 20252025
Valentina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255,354#35
20244,456#47
20234,090#50
20223,901#57
20213,467#69
20203,352#73
20193,797#65
20183,436#81
20173,042#96
20162,920#106
20152,751#114
20142,783#112
20132,565#129
20121,904#167
20112,018#154
20102,005#152
20091,585#203
20081,292#264
2007829#394
2006725#440
2005657#462
2004611#482
2003654#458
2002427#603
2001399#627
2000327#710
1999269#808
1998256#831
1997231#877
1996203#945
1995194#967
1994195#951
1993184#1,004
1992120#1,374
1991116#1,379
1990135#1,228
1989122#1,285
198891#1,490
1987114#1,240
198696#1,351
1985100#1,323
198462#1,751
198388#1,358
198268#1,672
198190#1,368
198076#1,542
197966#1,678
197856#1,804
197758#1,761
197660#1,638
197567#1,516
197447#1,848
197368#1,433
197265#1,473
197170#1,467
197057#1,637
196969#1,385
196873#1,291
196779#1,196
196691#1,102
196587#1,135
196486#1,190
196395#1,119
196263#1,395
196162#1,419
196066#1,353
195950#1,536
195853#1,468
195781#1,172
195662#1,318
195570#1,196
195458#1,299
195360#1,247
195272#1,106
195144#1,414
195041#1,432
194921#2,133
194829#1,738
194735#1,601
194615#2,481
194525#1,659
194417#2,095
194319#1,993
194226#1,629
194123#1,649
194028#1,442
193916#2,038
193821#1,703
193714#2,196
193616#1,950
193522#1,606
193422#1,603
193329#1,330
193221#1,684
193127#1,420
193039#1,197
192926#1,525
192828#1,501
192732#1,422
192632#1,413
192541#1,210
192429#1,566
192343#1,174
192240#1,232
192129#1,543
192036#1,282
191934#1,325
191827#1,537
191730#1,337
191617#1,949
191517#1,882
191422#1,344
191310#2,033
191212#1,620
19118#1,792
19108#1,773
19090–
19089#1,439
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19018#1,227
19006#1,722
18990–
18980–
18975#1,554

Nicknames for Valentina

Names like Valentina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Emilia, Aurora, Eliana, Myla, Athena, Liliana, Arabella, Fatima, Mila, Ariella, Zara, Vienna

Names related to Valentina

Valentine

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony

Every Latin name

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, “Valentina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valentina, updated 20 October 2026.