Valerie
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning strong, vigorous.
How Valerie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #171 |
| 2016 | #160 |
| 2017 | #167 |
| 2018 | #156 |
| 2019 | #151 |
| 2020 | #144 |
| 2021 | #153 |
| 2022 | #148 |
| 2023 | #144 |
| 2024 | #147 |
| 2025 | #127 |
Valerie by the numbers
In 2025, 54 babies in England and Wales were named Valerie. In the US, 1,814 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 7,307 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1960, about 1 in 310 American girls born that year was called Valerie.
Names that come from Valerie
Forms of Valerie in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Valerie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Valeriastrong and valiant; feminine form of Valerius1,887 in the US (2017)
- Valariestrong; valiant; a form of Valerie47 in the US (2017)
- Valoriestrength, valor; variant of Valerie21 in the US (2017)
- Valeristrength; a variant of Valerie12 in the US (2017)
- Valleriestrong and valiant; variant of Valerie8 in the US (2017)
- Valerystrong and valiant; a form of Valerie234 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Valerie
Names that are said the same way as Valerie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean strength
Like Valerie, each of these has strength in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- GabriellaGod is my strength; form of Gabriel3,862 in the US (2017)
- Emersonson of Emery, brave power3,275 in the US (2017)
- Valentinastrong, healthy3,027 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Valerie
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