Girls' name · peaked in 1964
Valarie name popularity since 1925
18,576 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Valarie. Half of them were born in 1969 or earlier, so the typical Valarie is about 57 years old in 2026. Valarie peaked in 1964 as the #379 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,576
- Named Valarie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,294 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 18,576 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 1.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Valarie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Valarie births per year, 1925–2025
1964 was the biggest year for Valarie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1947 and 1952, Valarie became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 17,600 baby girls to 1 in 6,650.
- Steepest fall: Between 1983 and 1988, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 5,460 to 1 in 10,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Valarie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Valarie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Valarie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 68 | – |
| 1930s | 192 | #1,444 |
| 1940s | 857 | #1,078 |
| 1950s | 3,407 | #509 |
| 1960s | 5,166 | #418 |
| 1970s | 3,254 | #571 |
| 1980s | 2,580 | #680 |
| 1990s | 1,281 | #1,317 |
| 2000s | 980 | #1,910 |
| 2010s | 501 | #3,345 |
| 2020–25 | 290 | #3,294 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.4% of babies named Valarie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Valarie is most popular
The index compares Valarie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Valarie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1.80× | 318 |
| Alabama | 1.76× | 453 |
| Florida | 1.60× | 840 |
| Texas | 1.57× | 1,795 |
| Louisiana | 1.44× | 376 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Valarie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Valarie (this page) | 18,576 | 1964 |
| Valerie | 270,649 | 1959 |
| Valorie | 7,522 | 1958 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Valarie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Valarie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Valarie (1964).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data