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Valor

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Valor first appears in the U.S. data in 1988 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2020 with 134 babies (rank #1,342 that year). In 2024 it was given to 124 boys (rank #1,463). The name has been rising over the last five years.

1,499

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

134

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

More popular boys' names

Names ranked near Valor in 2024

Other boys' names starting with V

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1988	5	#8,439
1995	6	#8,814
1998	6	#9,587
2000	8	#8,166
2002	10	#7,009
2003	10	#7,216
2004	8	#8,873
2005	12	#6,608
2006	7	#10,596
2007	5	#14,280
2008	17	#5,474
2009	13	#6,783
2010	15	#6,015
2011	18	#5,183
2012	42	#2,863
2013	43	#2,760
2014	53	#2,427
2015	78	#1,890
2016	91	#1,723
2017	94	#1,693
2018	102	#1,615
2019	101	#1,633
2020	134	#1,342
2021	112	#1,564
2022	95	#1,757
2023	123	#1,470
2024	124	#1,463