Valor Boy
How popular is Valor?
#1,252 boy name in 2025
159 baby boys were named Valor in the US in 2025, making it the 1252nd most popular boy name. Another 21 girls got the name (#5,721 for girls).
Valor popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,252 for boys (▲ 207 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 159 boys, 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+104% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,870 in 2015, #1,335 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (159 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,252 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 88% boys, 12% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Valor counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Valor family of names ranked #1,091 for boys in 2025 (#1,286 the year before), with 166 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Valor | 159 | 96% |
| Vaylor | 7 | 4% |
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 Valor is most popular
Babies named Valor per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Valor by decade
Boy names about as popular as Valor
Questions
- Is Valor a boy or girl name?
- Valor is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Valor were boys.
- How popular is the name Valor?
- 159 baby boys were named Valor in the US in 2025, making it the 1252nd most popular boy name. Another 21 girls got the name (#5,721 for girls).
- When was Valor most popular?
- Valor peaked in 2025, when 159 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,252 in 2025.
- How many people are named Valor?
- 1,680 babies have been named Valor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,671 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Valor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Valor was most common in Tennessee, at 0.2 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.