Valor
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- VAL-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,252 for boys
Valor is a name of English origin, meaning “courage, bravery”. In 2025 it ranked 1,252nd for boys in the US (159 babies).
What does Valor mean?
English: English word, via Old French from Late Latin valor
“courage, bravery”
From the English word for courage, via Old French from Late Latin valor, 'worth'.
Is Valor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Valor has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls and 159 boys in the US.
How popular is Valor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,252among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 159about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 159 boys in the US were named Valor, making it the 1,252nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,335th. It first appears in the records in 1988. 21 girls were also named Valor in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Valor of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Valor in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Valor in the US were girls.
Valor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 159 | #1,252 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 96 | #1,737 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,554 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,335 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,624 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,606 |
| 2017 | 94 | #1,681 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Nicknames for Valor
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Valor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valor, updated 20 October 2026.