Valeska
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- vah-LES-kah
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Valeska is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Valeska come from?
Slavic: German and Polish name, perhaps from Władysława
Is Valeska a girl's or a boy's name?
Valeska is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valeska in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Valeska, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Valeska in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valeska in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
Names like Valeska
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza Vienna Isabella Camila Emma Mila Mira Sophia Bella Alina Camilla Elina
More Slavic names
Milan Vera Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah Raisa
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, “Valeska: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valeska, updated 20 October 2026.