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Valerie

Gender
Girl
Say it
VAL-er-ee
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#681 for girls
US rank, 2025
#127 for girls

Valerie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “to be strong”. In 2025 it ranked 681st for girls in the UK (59 babies) and 127th for girls in the US (2,221 babies).

What does Valerie mean?

Latin: French form of Valeria

“to be strong”

The French form of Valeria, from the Roman family name Valerius.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Valerie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the UK and 2,221 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Valerie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
681st among girls
Babies in 2025
59 about 1 in 4,700 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 64% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were named Valerie, making it the 681st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 64 girls.

Half of all the girls named Valerie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Valerie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #681 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#32), 1944 (#11), 1954 (#24) and 1964 (#83).

1996Busiest: 64 in 20242025
Valerie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202559#681
202464#645
202343#892
202232#1,118
202134#1,078
202033#1,089
201927#1,285
201841#964
201726#1,356
201647#864
201535#1,085
201431#1,189
201325#1,402
201231#1,179
201125#1,335
201023#1,418
200922#1,411
200842#855
200733#985
200626#1,118
200514#1,692
200417#1,399
200317#1,369
200213#1,553
200115#1,398
200019#1,137
199910#1,770
199812#1,585
199711#1,664
199617#1,179

How popular is Valerie in the US?

Rank in 2025
127th among girls
Babies in 2025
2,221 about 1 in 720 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
1.9% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 2,221 girls in the US were named Valerie, making it the 127th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 144th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 7,302 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.

2025 had more girls named Valerie than any year since 2009.

Half of all the girls named Valerie in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,606 girls in the US were given Valerie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #131.

1884Busiest: 7,302 in 19592025
Valerie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20252,221#127
20241,991#147
20231,955#144
20221,986#148
20211,840#155
20201,882#144
20191,890#151
20181,802#156
20171,824#167
20161,966#160
20151,880#171
20141,886#176
20131,880#169
20121,863#169
20111,957#159
20102,065#149
20092,321#138
20082,505#135
20072,424#144
20062,752#127
20052,035#167
20041,905#180
20031,914#171
20022,107#155
20011,982#165
20002,017#166
19992,038#159
19982,142#148
19972,224#143
19962,082#154
19952,183#149
19942,010#159
19932,175#144
19922,350#136
19912,380#134
19902,428#129
19892,562#117
19882,768#103
19872,964#93
19863,618#76
19853,881#71
19843,722#76
19833,901#74
19823,989#75
19813,611#89
19803,613#85
19793,407#89
19783,299#92
19773,266#86
19763,386#83
19753,227#92
19743,181#93
19733,042#96
19723,193#100
19713,679#102
19704,130#97
19694,300#85
19684,550#77
19674,757#73
19664,816#74
19655,648#67
19646,616#66
19636,172#69
19626,335#67
19616,677#67
19606,717#65
19597,302#60
19586,920#64
19576,231#76
19565,909#80
19555,512#80
19544,917#87
19534,591#88
19524,263#87
19513,559#100
19503,026#116
19493,052#108
19482,132#135
19471,553#184
19461,440#181
19451,079#189
1944915#216
1943955#212
19421,017#200
1941752#229
1940799#214
1939622#251
1938551#267
1937494#279
1936453#282
1935486#276
1934319#353
1933293#374
1932276#393
1931244#413
1930222#451
1929180#502
1928179#517
1927195#500
1926171#534
1925151#586
1924172#557
1923155#579
1922147#593
1921190#512
1920170#545
1919171#520
1918202#469
1917182#486
1916179#475
1915171#471
1914103#550
1913116#464
191287#518
191158#558
191045#630
190947#559
190828#729
190731#680
190625#731
190525#713
190427#668
190317#836
190219#797
190119#747
190021#803
189912#935
189821#719
189716#786
189611#999
189519#725
189417#719
189310#955
189211#908
189112#796
189012#791
188912#757
18885#1,276
18877#937
18860–
18850–
18848#793

Nicknames for Valerie

Names like Valerie

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

Marnie, Vivienne, Natalie, Daphne, Diana, Rosalie, Bonnie, Aurora, Darcie, Celeste, Edie, Penelope

Other spellings of Valerie

Valery, Valeri, Vallery

Names related to Valerie

Valeria, Valarie, Valorie, Vallerie

More Latin names

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

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