Valeria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- va-LEER-ee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,036 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #162 for girls
Valeria is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “to be strong”. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 162nd for girls in the US (1,835 babies).
What does Valeria mean?
Latin: feminine of Valerius
“to be strong”
Feminine of the Roman family name Valerius, from Latin valere, to be strong or healthy.
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Is Valeria a girl's or a boy's name?
Valeria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the UK and 1,835 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valeria in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Valeria, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Valeria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 983rd in England and Wales.
Valeria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 39 | #968 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Valeria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 162nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,835 about 1 in 880 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,835 girls in the US were named Valeria, making it the 162nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 150th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4,206 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Valeria in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valeria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,835 | #162 |
| 2024 | 1,866 | #162 |
| 2023 | 1,866 | #154 |
| 2022 | 1,997 | #146 |
| 2021 | 1,814 | #158 |
| 2020 | 1,816 | #150 |
| 2019 | 1,989 | #142 |
| 2018 | 1,990 | #141 |
| 2017 | 1,890 | #156 |
| 2016 | 2,038 | #153 |
| 2015 | 1,977 | #162 |
| 2014 | 1,892 | #175 |
| 2013 | 1,816 | #176 |
| 2012 | 2,144 | #149 |
| 2011 | 2,540 | #125 |
| 2010 | 3,116 | #96 |
| 2009 | 4,091 | #72 |
| 2008 | 4,206 | #73 |
| 2007 | 3,413 | #98 |
| 2006 | 3,731 | #91 |
| 2005 | 2,430 | #137 |
| 2004 | 1,959 | #174 |
| 2003 | 1,736 | #185 |
| 2002 | 1,638 | #197 |
| 2001 | 1,589 | #203 |
| 2000 | 1,423 | #221 |
| 1999 | 1,059 | #292 |
| 1998 | 1,032 | #290 |
| 1997 | 967 | #297 |
| 1996 | 855 | #328 |
| 1995 | 865 | #318 |
| 1994 | 789 | #340 |
| 1993 | 885 | #302 |
| 1992 | 665 | #389 |
| 1991 | 366 | #616 |
| 1990 | 312 | #682 |
| 1989 | 232 | #814 |
| 1988 | 224 | #815 |
| 1987 | 208 | #838 |
| 1986 | 206 | #815 |
| 1985 | 224 | #762 |
| 1984 | 141 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 154 | #954 |
| 1982 | 146 | #1,010 |
| 1981 | 114 | #1,165 |
| 1980 | 100 | #1,276 |
| 1979 | 101 | #1,261 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,126 |
| 1977 | 97 | #1,240 |
| 1976 | 131 | #971 |
| 1975 | 157 | #849 |
| 1974 | 139 | #908 |
| 1973 | 163 | #801 |
| 1972 | 122 | #982 |
| 1971 | 143 | #911 |
| 1970 | 176 | #795 |
| 1969 | 190 | #733 |
| 1968 | 208 | #672 |
| 1967 | 206 | #669 |
| 1966 | 192 | #708 |
| 1965 | 212 | #675 |
| 1964 | 268 | #610 |
| 1963 | 183 | #760 |
| 1962 | 209 | #714 |
| 1961 | 207 | #721 |
| 1960 | 177 | #765 |
| 1959 | 205 | #700 |
| 1958 | 229 | #656 |
| 1957 | 186 | #733 |
| 1956 | 222 | #638 |
| 1955 | 208 | #641 |
| 1954 | 187 | #682 |
| 1953 | 172 | #687 |
| 1952 | 179 | #661 |
| 1951 | 160 | #693 |
| 1950 | 174 | #648 |
| 1949 | 163 | #649 |
| 1948 | 127 | #756 |
| 1947 | 97 | #897 |
| 1946 | 93 | #856 |
| 1945 | 57 | #1,022 |
| 1944 | 82 | #841 |
| 1943 | 111 | #734 |
| 1942 | 94 | #785 |
| 1941 | 93 | #735 |
| 1940 | 95 | #714 |
| 1939 | 98 | #688 |
| 1938 | 110 | #653 |
| 1937 | 115 | #631 |
| 1936 | 97 | #672 |
| 1935 | 123 | #582 |
| 1934 | 113 | #625 |
| 1933 | 122 | #582 |
| 1932 | 131 | #572 |
| 1931 | 136 | #561 |
| 1930 | 137 | #583 |
| 1929 | 135 | #588 |
| 1928 | 153 | #571 |
| 1927 | 202 | #491 |
| 1926 | 193 | #504 |
| 1925 | 167 | #558 |
| 1924 | 212 | #478 |
| 1923 | 205 | #481 |
| 1922 | 198 | #491 |
| 1921 | 202 | #486 |
| 1920 | 234 | #437 |
| 1919 | 221 | #443 |
| 1918 | 243 | #425 |
| 1917 | 228 | #422 |
| 1916 | 226 | #413 |
| 1915 | 173 | #467 |
| 1914 | 152 | #443 |
| 1913 | 123 | #447 |
| 1912 | 91 | #501 |
| 1911 | 75 | #477 |
| 1910 | 60 | #528 |
| 1909 | 45 | #574 |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 |
| 1907 | 35 | #631 |
| 1906 | 43 | #528 |
| 1905 | 44 | #510 |
| 1904 | 41 | #511 |
| 1903 | 24 | #680 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 26 | #615 |
| 1900 | 33 | #611 |
| 1899 | 24 | #629 |
| 1898 | 42 | #475 |
| 1897 | 25 | #615 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 29 | #547 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 17 | #713 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 15 | #695 |
| 1890 | 16 | #667 |
| 1889 | 15 | #657 |
| 1888 | 15 | #663 |
| 1887 | 15 | #586 |
| 1886 | 11 | #693 |
| 1885 | 13 | #608 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
Nicknames for Valeria
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valeria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia, Olivia, Amelia, Aurelia, Cecilia, Aurora, Lucia, Isabella, Sophia, Arabella, Natalia, Victoria
Names related to Valeria
Valerie, Valery, Valarie, Valorie, Valeri, Valora, Vallerie, Vallery
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
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, “Valeria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valeria, updated 20 October 2026.