Valentino
Valentino was the 444th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 710 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 232 places. More babies were named Valentino in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning strong, healthy (Italian form of Valentine) · Latin, Italian
Say it val-un-TEE-noh /ˌvælənˈtinoʊ/
- Rank in 2025
- #444 boys, up 176 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 710boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025710 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,784babies recorded
What does the name Valentino mean?
Valentino is the Italian form of Valentine, from Latin Valentinus, built on valens, "strong, healthy, vigorous". DMNES, Harrison (1918) and Wiktionary agree on this. Saint Valentine, a 3rd-century Roman martyr, gave his name to Valentine's Day. The silent-film star Rudolph Valentino made the Italian form famous in the US.
valēns (Latin, “strong, healthy”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Valentine, Valentin, Valentina, Val.
See also: Latin names, names that mean strength.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Valentino', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Valentine', DMNES, Durham University
- Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. 2 (1918), s.v. 'VALENTINE', Morland Press (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
Nicknames for Valentino
The usual nicknames for Valentino are Val and Tino. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Valentino in the last five years, 3 were named Val, against 12 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val · also for Valentina, Valerie, Valeria | Traditional | #4,692 | 84 |
| Tino · also for Santino | Traditional | #6,413 | 84 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Valentinos go by each one.
Valentino popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #444 | 710 |
| 2020 | #620 | 438 |
| 2010 | #826 | 260 |
| 2000 | #1,418 | 88 |
| 1990 | #1,317 | 72 |
| 1980 | #1,340 | 50 |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,251 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1940 | #2,073 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,049 | 44 |
| 1920 | #1,379 | 29 |
| 1910 | #1,822 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Valentino, counting every spelling?
Valentino has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #443 for boys in 2025, against #444 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Valentino?
710 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Valentino (0.20 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Valentino 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 12 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Valentino.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Valentino?
About 10,600 people born in the US named Valentino are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 22. That makes Valentino a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Valentino by state
How common Valentino was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (2.6×), New Jersey (2.1×), California (2.1×), Nevada (2.1×), New Mexico (2.0×). In 19 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 Valentino: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Valentino, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Valentino · Sibling names for Valentino
Questions about the name Valentino
What does Valentino mean?
Valentino means “strong, healthy (Italian form of Valentine)” (Latin, Italian origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Valentino?
Valentino was the 444th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 710 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 232 places. More babies were named Valentino in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Valentino a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Valentino in the US.
Where is Valentino most popular?
In 2021–2025, Valentino was most common in Florida (0.94 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and California.