Valley
Valley was the 1131st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 207 babies. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 1128th; the most babies were born in 2025 (207). Over the last ten years it has moved up 13,261 places. More babies were named Valley in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,131 girls, up 4,936 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 207girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025207 babies
- Total since 1880
- 935babies recorded
Valley popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 56 since 1914, 6 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,131 | 207 |
| 2020 | #6,067 | 20 |
| 2010 | #9,747 | 12 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #5,266 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,192 | 9 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #2,881 | 12 |
| 1910 | #2,126 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Valley, counting every spelling?
Valley is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #932 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,131 for Valley on its own. Together these spellings went to 265 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley | 207 | #1,131 | 508 |
| Vallee | 41 | #3,704 | 78 |
| Valli | 17 | #6,811 | 60 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Valley?
207 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Valley (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Valley 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 41 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Valley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Valley?
About 700 people born in the US named Valley are alive today, with a median age of 2; half are between 1 and 6. That makes Valley 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.
Valley by state
How common Valley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (2.2×), North Carolina (1.7×). In 31 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
These names rose and fell in step with Valley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Valley, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Valley
How popular is the name Valley?
Valley was the 1131st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 207 babies. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 1128th; the most babies were born in 2025 (207). Over the last ten years it has moved up 13,261 places. More babies were named Valley in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Valley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Valley in the US.
Where is Valley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Valley was most common in Utah (0.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Tennessee.