Valentine Boy & girl
How popular is Valentine?
#1,793 boy name in 2025
89 baby boys were named Valentine in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name. Another 70 girls got the name (#2,514 for girls).
Valentine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,793 for boys (▲ 651 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 89 boys, 70 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+187% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,512 in 2015, #2,504 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (142 boys) |
| Highest rank | #358 in 1894 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 55% boys, 45% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Valentine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Valentin family of names ranked #555 for boys in 2025 (#644 the year before), with 507 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Valentin | 418 | 82% |
| Valentine | 89 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Valentine is most popular
Babies named Valentine per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Valentine by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 155 | #416 |
| 1890s | 171 | #358 |
| 1900s | 194 | #401 |
| 1910s | 967 | #435 |
| 1920s | 1,143 | #546 |
| 1930s | 725 | #569 |
| 1940s | 519 | #786 |
| 1950s | 514 | #903 |
| 1960s | 338 | #1,106 |
| 1970s | 302 | #1,415 |
| 1980s | 310 | #1,576 |
| 1990s | 306 | #2,007 |
| 2000s | 272 | #3,087 |
| 2010s | 391 | #2,227 |
| 2020s | 404 | #1,793 |
Boy names about as popular as Valentine
Questions
- Is Valentine a boy or girl name?
- Valentine is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 55% of babies named Valentine were boys and 45% were girls.
- How popular is the name Valentine?
- 89 baby boys were named Valentine in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name. Another 70 girls got the name (#2,514 for girls).
- When was Valentine most popular?
- Valentine peaked in 1918, when 142 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #358 in 1894.
- How many people are named Valentine?
- 8,950 babies have been named Valentine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,354 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Valentine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Valentine was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.