Valkyrie
Girl · VAL-kuh-ree · Old Norse
Valkyrie is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “chooser of the slain”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,911th for girls in the US (101 babies).
What does Valkyrie mean?
Old Norse: from Old Norse valkyrja
“chooser of the slain”
In Norse myth the Valkyries chose which warriors died in battle and carried them to Valhalla.
- Say it
- VAL-kuh-ree
Is Valkyrie a girl's or a boy's name?
Valkyrie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 101 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valkyrie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Valkyrie, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Valkyrie of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Valkyrie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
How popular is Valkyrie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,911among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were named Valkyrie, making it the 1,911th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,623rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 153 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Valkyrie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Valkyrie in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valkyrie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,911 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 143 | #1,506 |
| 2022 | 153 | #1,451 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 128 | #1,623 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,850 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,404 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
Nicknames for Valkyrie
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valkyrie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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