Valor
Valor was the 1254th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 159 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 636 places. More babies were named Valor in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,254 boys, up 88 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 159boys
- Girls and boys
- 13% girls, 87% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025159 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,680babies recorded
Valor popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,900 | #1,254 | 21 | 159 |
| 2020 | #6,304 | #1,342 | 19 | 134 |
| 2010 | — | #6,016 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | — | #8,166 | — | 8 |
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How popular is Valor, counting every spelling?
Valor has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,187 for boys in 2025, against #1,254 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Valor?
159 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Valor (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Valor 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 53 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Valor.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Valor?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Valor are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Valor 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.
Valor by state
How common Valor was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (2.3×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Valor
How popular is the name Valor?
Valor was the 1254th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 159 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 636 places. More babies were named Valor in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Valor a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 13% girls, 87% boys given the name Valor in the US.
Where is Valor most popular?
In 2021–2025, Valor was most common in Tennessee (0.17 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kansas and Indiana.