Valyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAL-in
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Valyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Valyn come from?
Modern: modern blend of Val and -lyn
Is Valyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Valyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Valyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Valyn, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had the most girls named Valyn of any year since it first appeared, in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Valyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Nicknames for Valyn
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gracelynn Jazlyn Oaklynn Lakelynn Hollyn Blessyn Leighton Elowyn Emryn Londyn Sevyn Haisley
Names related to Valyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Valyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valyn, updated 20 October 2026.