girls:
458 births since 1951
#5258 (8th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1959
#3441 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1951
#6125 (21st percentile)
The name Valen is the #6,125 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,621 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 20.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,441 (24.9% percentile) for all time with 1,163 births since 1959. For girls, it ranks #5,258 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 458 births since 1951.
Valen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for girls and 1959 for boys). Birth data for Valen is available in 45 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023 (39 years for girls and 38 years for boys). 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 Valen has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.8% of babies named Valen were boys. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1951 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (72.0% boys from 1959 to 2023).
For boys, Valen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #817) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 54 births per million (ranked 10.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Valen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #817 (10.3% percentile) with 54 births per million.
For girls, Valen reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #938) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Valen ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 90.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Valen".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Valen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.6% confident that Valen is pronounced as VAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VA-luhn, at 25.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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