Valley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies

Valley by the numbers

In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Valley. In the US, 15 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 England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Valley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Valley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Vallerystrong, valiant; a form of Valerie7 in the US (2017)
  • Vallen12 in the US (2017)
  • Valerystrong and valiant; a form of Valerie234 in the US (2017)
  • Valliestrong and valiant; a form of Valerie7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vallonsmall valley; diminutive of val6 in the US (2017)
  • Valory7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Valley

Names that are said the same way as Valley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Valley

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