Valentin

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name Valentinus, as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Latin America, Spain and Croatia.

From Wikipedia

Valentin first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 113 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 404 babies (rank #614 that year). In 2024 it was given to 343 boys (rank #747). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Valentin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Valentin yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

11,304

Total babies (all years)

113

Years in the data

404

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Valentin

Valentin Serovtheatre designer · b. 1865
Valentin Ivanovassociation football player · b. 1934
Valentin Kataevscience fiction writer · b. 1897
Valentin Rasputinshort story writer · b. 1937
Valentin Pavlovhead of government · b. 1937

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1912	8	#2,036
1913	11	#1,796
1914	12	#1,968
1915	17	#1,780
1916	6	#3,858
1917	17	#1,895
1918	16	#2,066
1919	16	#2,053
1920	18	#1,957
1921	15	#2,257
1922	21	#1,759
1923	22	#1,693
1924	28	#1,454
1925	24	#1,578
1926	33	#1,277
1927	38	#1,176
1928	28	#1,411
1929	28	#1,375
1930	30	#1,329
1931	28	#1,332
1932	31	#1,234
1933	27	#1,308
1934	46	#941
1935	28	#1,293
1936	30	#1,224
1937	20	#1,573
1938	31	#1,195
1939	29	#1,236
1940	27	#1,308
1941	21	#1,527
1942	34	#1,212
1943	34	#1,185
1944	17	#1,731
1945	35	#1,119
1946	28	#1,354
1947	38	#1,189
1948	36	#1,215
1949	40	#1,126
1950	61	#884
1951	44	#1,095
1952	36	#1,243
1953	37	#1,243
1954	49	#1,080
1955	33	#1,338
1956	47	#1,118
1957	48	#1,115
1958	50	#1,090
1959	42	#1,210
1960	43	#1,209
1961	51	#1,105
1962	43	#1,201
1963	47	#1,138
1964	57	#1,004
1965	45	#1,125
1966	48	#1,070
1967	48	#1,068
1968	50	#1,055
1969	63	#971
1970	60	#1,061
1971	59	#1,069
1972	56	#1,096
1973	74	#940
1974	64	#1,034
1975	69	#993
1976	88	#889
1977	66	#1,070
1978	64	#1,098
1979	71	#1,056
1980	95	#918
1981	117	#811
1982	85	#980
1983	91	#929
1984	95	#908
1985	86	#991
1986	83	#1,021
1987	93	#989
1988	84	#1,091
1989	119	#936
1990	131	#903
1991	134	#908
1992	116	#1,016
1993	124	#974
1994	153	#870
1995	135	#958
1996	146	#907
1997	167	#851
1998	141	#980
1999	167	#902
2000	160	#957
2001	153	#999
2002	149	#1,032
2003	180	#920
2004	163	#1,012
2005	184	#952
2006	212	#911
2007	404	#614
2008	380	#646
2009	319	#734
2010	273	#796
2011	206	#963
2012	231	#901
2013	237	#880
2014	212	#985
2015	232	#924
2016	271	#836
2017	229	#924
2018	265	#842
2019	269	#837
2020	309	#771
2021	291	#823
2022	315	#800
2023	374	#709
2024	343	#747