Valiant
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAL-yent
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Valiant is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “brave, courageous”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Valiant mean?
English: English word, from Old French vaillant
“brave, courageous”
Prince Valiant is the hero of Hal Foster's long-running comic strip, begun in 1937.
Is Valiant a girl's or a boy's name?
Valiant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valiant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Valiant, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Valiant in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valiant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
Nicknames for Valiant
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valiant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Beckett, Archer, Truett, Shepherd, Hudson, Saint, Wylder, Valor, Ledger, Karter, River, Wyatt
Names related to Valiant
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Valiant: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valiant, updated 20 October 2026.