Valery

Valery was the #743 girls' name in the US in 2025 (366 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Valery as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Valery as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Valery as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#743 (366)#4,867 (4)—
2024#784 (359)—#2,975 (6)
2023#823 (335)——
2022#800 (352)#3,971 (5)#2,133 (9)
2021#891 (303)——
2020#904 (291)—#2,163 (9)
2019#878 (306)——
2018#992 (264)—#3,286 (5)
2017#1,082 (234)#5,765 (3)#3,307 (5)
2016#1,078 (241)——
2015#1,209 (206)—#1,757 (12)
2014#1,261 (191)—#2,374 (8)
2013#1,068 (232)#5,742 (3)#2,888 (6)
2012#1,188 (207)—#1,695 (13)
2011#1,096 (224)#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #743.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1920.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Valery is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Valery by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #863MINew York: #610NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #644CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #581TXFlorida: #471FL
Valery (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ValeryCanadaGirls—too few
ValeryEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
ValeryUSGirls#743366
ValeryUSBoys#12,0085