Valley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAL-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,129 for girls
New arrival
Valley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “low land between hills”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,129th for girls in the US (207 babies).
What does Valley mean?
English: English word, via Old French from Latin vallis
“low land between hills”
From the English word, which came via Old French valee from Latin vallis.
Is Valley a girl's or a boy's name?
Valley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 207 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Valley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Valley, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Valley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Valley 8
- Vallie 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Valley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
How popular is Valley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,129among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 207about 1 in 7,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 740% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 207 girls in the US were named Valley, making it the 1,129th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. It first appears in the records in 1888. 6 boys were also named Valley in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Valley of any year since it first appeared, in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Valley in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 353 girls in the US were given Valley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #763, up from #1,129 for this spelling alone.
Valley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 207 | #1,129 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,505 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 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 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
Names like Valley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy Violet Lily Hazel Olive Evie Hallie Emmie Harper Isla Willow Daisy
Other spellings of Valley
Names related to Valley
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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, “Valley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valley, updated 20 October 2026.