Valerian

Popularity Trends

The name Valerian is the #7,274 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 465 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 6.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,127 (10.0% percentile) for all time with 459 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1917.

Valerian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Valerian is available in 48 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 1 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 Valerian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.7% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Valerian reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #517) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Valerian ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 39.2% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Valerian reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #576) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1917.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Valerian".

1914 2023 19142023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1917

First Recorded

1917

Peak Percentile

0.2%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#576

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

459

Peak Births

Peak Year

1918

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

2.6%

Current Percentile

0.9%

Peak Rank

#517

Current Rank

#903

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Valerian", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Valerian.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Valerian's popularity from 1911 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Valerian at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Valerian range from Berl at 80.2% correlation to Harlan at 76.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 78.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is June with 205.1K births (98% girls) and the least popular is Fowler with 254 births (100% boys).

Valerian's share of births peaked at 18.1 births per million in 1918 (5.3 for girls in 1917 and 18.1 for boys in 1918). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (13% of peak) in 2009. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Valerian had 7.1 births per million, 39% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Berl

1,059

80.19% (very strong)

Mavis

22.1k

79.04% (strong)

Haynes

587

78.82% (strong)

Fowler

254

78.38% (strong)

Elouise

10.8k

78.34% (strong)

Roseline

1,350

78.27% (strong)

Lamoine

406

78.14% (strong)

June

205.1k

77.88% (strong)

Harlen

3,379

77.64% (strong)

Hassel

512

77.01% (strong)

Alwyn

721

76.90% (strong)

Harlan

26k

76.85% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Valerian

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Valerian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 57.4% confident that Valerian is pronounced as vuh-LEH-ree-uhn, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is vuh-LIH-ree-uhn, at 34.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.

vuh-LEH-ree-uhn

57.4%

vuh-LIH-ree-uhn

34.0%

vuh-LAIR-yuhn

8.5%

vuh-LEH-ree-uhn (4 syllables)

57.4% confidence

V AH0 L EH1 R IY0 AH0 N

vuh-LIH-ree-uhn (4 syllables)

Verified

34.0% confidence

V AH0 L IH1 R IY0 AH0 N

vuh-LAIR-yuhn (3 syllables)

8.5% confidence

V AH0 L EH1 R Y AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like V AH0 L EH1 R IY0 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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