girls:
1.7k births since 1908
#4030 (29th percentile)
boys:
5.6k births since 1882
#1584 (65th percentile)
overall:
7.4k births since 1882
#3143 (59th percentile)
The name Val is the #3,143 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,360 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 59.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,584 (65.5% percentile) for all time with 5,617 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #4,030 (29.5% percentile) for all time with 1,743 births since 1908.
Val first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1908 for girls). Birth data for Val is available in 127 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (127 years for boys and 69 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Val has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.0% of babies named Val were boys.
For boys, Val reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 26.6% percentile (ranked #450) with 90 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 90 births per million (ranked 26.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Val ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 11.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Val reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 13.7% percentile (ranked #660) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 53 births per million (ranked 13.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Val ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 6.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Val".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Val. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.2% confident that Val is pronounced as val, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is vahl, at 12.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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