Valli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAL-lee
- Origin
- Tamil
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Valli is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “creeping vine”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Valli mean?
Tamil: Tamil, name of Murugan's consort
“creeping vine”
In Tamil Hindu tradition Valli is a hill-tribe maiden who becomes the wife of the god Murugan.
Is Valli a girl's or a boy's name?
Valli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 194% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Valli, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Valli in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,824 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,151 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,559 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,670 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,338 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,395 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,369 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Names like Valli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joni Teddi Gigi Charlotte Lori Lani Penny Bobbi Heidi Alice Myra Vera
Names related to Valli
More Tamil names
Nila Aathiran Iniya Aadhiran Nilah Kavin Aadhav Adhiran Venba Athiran Kayal Oviya Kalai Kannan Nithila Iniyan
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, “Valli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valli, updated 20 October 2026.