Valerio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vah-LEH-ree-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Valerio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “to be strong”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Valerio mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Valerius
“to be strong”
From the Roman family name Valerius, one of the oldest patrician clans of the Roman Republic.
Is Valerio a girl's or a boy's name?
Valerio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valerio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Valerio, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Valerio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Valerio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Valerio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Valerio, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Valerio in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valerio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Names like Valerio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Valerio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valerio, updated 20 October 2026.