Valeria

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Valeria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb valere, meaning strong, brave and healthy "to be strong".

From Wikipedia

Valeria first appears in the data in 1881 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 4,206 babies (rank #73 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,865 girls (rank #161). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Valeria

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

78,318

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

4,206

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Narcos: Valeria Velez — journalist and Pablo's mistress

Famous people named Valeria

Valeria Bruni-Tedeschifilm actor · b. 1964
Valeria Golinofilm actor · b. 1966
Valeria Mazzamodel · b. 1972

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1881	8	#673
1882	6	#896
1883	6	#919
1884	9	#786
1885	13	#627
1886	11	#729
1887	15	#606
1888	15	#687
1889	15	#685
1890	16	#690
1891	15	#726
1892	21	#636
1893	17	#738
1894	32	#515
1895	29	#563
1896	22	#686
1897	25	#625
1898	42	#479
1899	24	#642
1900	33	#623
1901	26	#628
1902	28	#640
1903	24	#691
1904	41	#519
1905	44	#518
1906	43	#540
1907	35	#635
1908	41	#590
1909	45	#579
1910	60	#533
1911	75	#481
1912	91	#502
1913	123	#448
1914	152	#445
1915	173	#468
1916	226	#415
1917	228	#423
1918	243	#425
1919	221	#444
1920	234	#441
1921	202	#487
1922	198	#494
1923	205	#482
1924	212	#481
1925	167	#558
1926	193	#505
1927	202	#492
1928	153	#572
1929	135	#589
1930	137	#590
1931	136	#567
1932	131	#575
1933	122	#584
1934	113	#630
1935	123	#586
1936	97	#678
1937	115	#633
1938	110	#656
1939	98	#692
1940	95	#717
1941	93	#739
1942	94	#788
1943	111	#735
1944	82	#845
1945	57	#1,030
1946	93	#862
1947	97	#905
1948	127	#760
1949	163	#656
1950	174	#649
1951	160	#695
1952	179	#663
1953	172	#696
1954	186	#689
1955	209	#642
1956	222	#640
1957	186	#737
1958	229	#656
1959	205	#701
1960	177	#767
1961	207	#723
1962	209	#715
1963	183	#761
1964	268	#611
1965	212	#676
1966	192	#709
1967	206	#670
1968	208	#673
1969	190	#737
1970	176	#798
1971	144	#911
1972	122	#987
1973	162	#814
1974	139	#911
1975	157	#858
1976	131	#979
1977	97	#1,246
1978	115	#1,133
1979	101	#1,270
1980	100	#1,285
1981	114	#1,171
1982	146	#1,015
1983	154	#956
1984	141	#1,017
1985	224	#764
1986	206	#819
1987	209	#838
1988	224	#815
1989	232	#821
1990	312	#685
1991	366	#617
1992	665	#389
1993	885	#302
1994	789	#340
1995	865	#318
1996	855	#329
1997	967	#298
1998	1,032	#290
1999	1,059	#292
2000	1,423	#222
2001	1,589	#203
2002	1,638	#197
2003	1,736	#185
2004	1,959	#174
2005	2,429	#137
2006	3,730	#91
2007	3,412	#98
2008	4,206	#73
2009	4,091	#72
2010	3,116	#96
2011	2,540	#125
2012	2,144	#149
2013	1,816	#176
2014	1,892	#175
2015	1,977	#162
2016	2,038	#152
2017	1,890	#156
2018	1,989	#141
2019	1,989	#142
2020	1,816	#150
2021	1,814	#158
2022	1,997	#146
2023	1,866	#154
2024	1,865	#161