NameTides

Valor

Valor was the #1,252 boys' name in the US in 2025 (159 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Valor as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Valor as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Valor as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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
YearUSCanada
2025#1,252 (159)#2,527 (7)
2024#1,459 (124)#2,238 (8)
2023#1,465 (123)—
2022#1,737 (96)#1,759 (10)
2021#1,554 (112)—
2020#1,335 (134)—
2019#1,624 (101)—
2018#1,606 (102)—
2017#1,681 (94)—
2016#1,706 (91)—
2015#1,870 (78)—
2014#2,402 (53)—
2013#2,715 (43)—
2012#2,811 (42)—
2011#4,983 (18)—

Valor as a girl’s name

  • US
Valor as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Valor as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#5,722 (21)
2024#7,251 (15)
2023#6,409 (18)
2022#5,984 (20)
2021#6,967 (16)
2020#6,083 (19)
2019#8,138 (13)
2018#9,806 (10)
2017#8,776 (12)
2016#7,988 (14)
2015#14,482 (6)
2014#8,966 (12)
2013#16,547 (5)
2012#13,483 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,252.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.
  • In 2025, 12% of US babies named Valor were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 77,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Valor is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Valor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: #807MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: #844INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Valor (boys) 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
ValorCanadaBoys#2,5277
ValorUSGirls#5,72221
ValorUSBoys#1,252159