Valkyrie
Valkyrie was the 1925th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 101 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1455th with 153 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,833 places. More babies were named Valkyrie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,925 girls, down 295 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 101girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022153 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,313babies recorded
Valkyrie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,925 | 101 |
| 2020 | #1,630 | 128 |
| 2010 | #6,616 | 20 |
| 2000 | #11,746 | 8 |
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How popular is Valkyrie, counting every spelling?
Valkyrie has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,729 for girls in 2025, against #1,925 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Valkyrie?
101 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Valkyrie (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Valkyrie 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 83 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Valkyrie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Valkyrie?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Valkyrie are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Valkyrie 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.
Valkyrie by state
How common Valkyrie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Valkyrie
How popular is the name Valkyrie?
Valkyrie was the 1925th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 101 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1455th with 153 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,833 places. More babies were named Valkyrie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Valkyrie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Valkyrie in the US.
Where is Valkyrie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Valkyrie was most common in Utah (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Arizona.