girls:
526 births since 1888
#5190 (9th percentile)
boys:
43 births since 1914
#4543 (1st percentile)
overall:
569 births since 1888
#7170 (7th percentile)
The name Valley is the #7,170 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 569 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,190 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 526 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,543 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 43 births since 1914.
Valley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Valley is available in 52 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (49 years for girls and 7 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 Valley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Valley reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #883) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 39 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Valley is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #883 (6.8% percentile) with 39 births per million.
For boys, Valley reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #539) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 10 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1941.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Valley".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Valley is pronounced as VA-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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