Val
Val was the 4692nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 527th with 178 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,960 places. More babies were named Val in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,692 boys, up 7,234 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1952178 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,406babies recorded
Val popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #4,692 | — | 22 |
| 2020 | — | #11,926 | — | 6 |
| 2010 | — | #9,628 | — | 8 |
| 2000 | — | #3,912 | — | 21 |
| 1990 | — | #3,766 | — | 16 |
| 1980 | #10,341 | #2,280 | 6 | 23 |
| 1970 | #5,047 | #1,079 | 11 | 58 |
| 1960 | #1,279 | #712 | 75 | 122 |
| 1950 | #1,573 | #580 | 36 | 138 |
| 1940 | #1,895 | #666 | 19 | 84 |
| 1930 | #2,828 | #809 | 11 | 65 |
| 1920 | #2,454 | #1,207 | 15 | 37 |
| 1910 | — | #1,574 | — | 6 |
| 1900 | — | #1,154 | — | 7 |
| 1890 | — | #988 | — | 6 |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Val, counting every spelling?
Val has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Val?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Val (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Val born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Val.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Val?
About 3,000 people born in the US named Val are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 53 and 74. That makes Val a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Val by state
How common Val was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Val: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Val, they share its era and feel.
Val is also a nickname for Valentina, Valerie, Valeria, Valentino and Valentin.
Questions about the name Val
How popular is the name Val?
Val was the 4692nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 527th with 178 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,960 places. More babies were named Val in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Val a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Val in the US.
Where is Val most popular?
In 2021–2025, Val was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).