Valerie

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Valérie (54)

Origin: French

Meaning

Valerie is generally a feminine given name, derived directly from the French Valérie. Valéry or Valery is a masculine given name in parts of Europe, as well as a common surname in Francophone countries. Another, much rarer, French masculine form of the name is Valère.

From Wikipedia

Valerie first appears in the data in 1950 and has been recorded in 55 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 149 babies (rank #123 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Valerie

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

3,880
Total babies (all years)
55
Years in the data
149
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19501#142
19561#1,287
19571#1,291
19581#1,312
19591#1,289
19603#1,034
19613#1,053
19648#794
19656#876
196818#564
197018#586
197114#640
197226#447
197324#444
197421#479
197527#394
197624#422
197722#443
197825#407
197929#377
198018#519
198139#332
198238#325
198342#304
198432#367
198546#297
198633#386
198788#193
1988104#167
198990#187
1990119#152
1991126#143
1992149#123
1993148#122
1994141#123
1995104#157
1996143#113
1997125#128
1998126#130
1999114#147
2000133#127
2001101#162
2002144#112
2003128#120
200495#163
200594#161
200693#158
2007109#128
2008138#109
2009118#126
2010142#109
2011121#120
2012137#109
2013112#120
2014117#121