NameTides

Valentina

Valentina was the #35 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,354 babies), and #272 in England & Wales and #122 in Canada.

Valentina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Valentina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Valentina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#35 (5,354)#272 (169)#256 (14)#290 (5)#304 (13)#122 (222)#99 (71)
2024#47 (4,456)#270 (176)#333 (10)—#307 (13)#146 (190)#87 (79)
2023#50 (4,090)#268 (168)#323 (11)#328 (4)#237 (17)#125 (205)#97 (71)
2022#57 (3,901)#231 (203)#260 (14)—#317 (13)#151 (182)#92 (76)
2021#69 (3,467)#246 (202)#261 (15)#298 (5)#336 (12)#177 (164)#90 (82)
2020#73 (3,352)#238 (196)#313 (11)#333 (4)#355 (11)#163 (167)—
2019#65 (3,797)#263 (183)#343 (10)—#362 (11)#139 (203)#85 (84)
2018#81 (3,436)#239 (210)#255 (15)—#436 (9)#138 (204)—
2017#96 (3,042)#233 (216)#247 (17)—#316 (14)#166 (177)—
2016#106 (2,920)#309 (160)#585 (5)#306 (5)#390 (11)#158 (191)—
2015#114 (2,751)#320 (146)#416 (8)#426 (3)#532 (7)#195 (164)—
2014#112 (2,783)#294 (162)#430 (8)#229 (8)#458 (9)#201 (163)—
2013#129 (2,565)#306 (152)#506 (6)—#747 (4)#207 (162)—
2012#167 (1,904)#340 (143)#426 (8)—#435 (10)#218 (149)—
2011#154 (2,018)#530 (79)——#937 (3)#224 (143)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #35.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1897.

How common is it?

about 1 in 300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 300common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 670common

Next year

On its recent trend, Valentina is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 280 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 260 to 1 in 300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Valentina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #127WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #55WAIdaho: #85IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #145MNIllinois: #37ILMichigan: #189MINew York: #27NYMassachusetts: #61MAOregon: #67ORNevada: #14NVWyoming: #45WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #106IAIndiana: #131INOhio: #144OHPennsylvania: #102PANew Jersey: #18NJConnecticut: #41CTRhode Island: #26RICalifornia: #10CAUtah: #83UTColorado: #62CONebraska: #61NEMissouri: #158MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #78VAMaryland: #52MDDelaware: #27DEArizona: #13AZNew Mexico: #21NMKansas: #80KSArkansas: #144ARTennessee: #109TNNorth Carolina: #81NCSouth Carolina: #125SCDistrict of Columbia: #64DCOklahoma: #80OKLouisiana: #117LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #190ALGeorgia: #76GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #12TXFlorida: #9FL
Valentina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#10599
Quebec2025#16035

Valentina (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ValentinaCanadaGirls#122222
ValentinaEngland & WalesGirls#272169
ValentinaIrelandGirls#30413
ValentinaNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
ValentinaNSWGirls#9971
ValentinaScotlandGirls#25614
ValentinaUSGirls#355,354
ValentinaUSBoys#9,7147