Valerian
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Valerian is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Valerian mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, of rare usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Valerian a girl's or a boy's name?
Valerian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valerian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Valerian, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had more boys named Valerian than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Valerian in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valerian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Names like Valerian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucian, Leo, Oliver, August, Everett, Augustine, Theodore, Leon, Julius, Augustus, Emerson, Felix
More Latin names
Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Valerian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valerian, updated 20 October 2026.