NameTides

Valley

Valley was the #1,129 girls' name in the US in 2025 (207 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Valley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Valley 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Valley 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,129 (207)#3,035 (8)#1,373 (18)
2024#1,505 (144)#3,319 (7)#1,234 (20)
2023#2,555 (69)——
2022#3,595 (43)#5,670 (3)#3,228 (5)
2021#3,435 (45)#5,581 (3)—
2020#5,850 (20)——
2019#6,698 (17)——
2018#8,146 (13)——
2017#7,092 (16)——
2016#7,602 (15)——
2015#13,006 (7)——
2014#10,129 (10)——
2013#11,000 (9)——
2012#14,962 (6)——
2010#9,231 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,129.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,800 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 7,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Valley is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Valley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: 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: #1,061MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #490UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Valley (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#1,4107

Valley (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
ValleyCanadaGirls#1,37318
ValleyEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
ValleyUSGirls#1,129207
ValleyUSBoys#10,6956