Valerie
Top 1000
About Valerie
The name of a martyred medieval saint, Valerie has been on the popularity list since its earliest publication in 1880. Though it peaked in the 1960s, remaining in the Top 100 until 1988, it still doesn't sound terminally dated; the association with the word valor gives it a sense of boldness and makes it one of the special group of girl names that mean strong.
The original name Valeria, came into use in the 1890s, followed soon after by the French form Valerie, which rapidly became the more accepted form. In the 2011 werewolf update of Red Riding Hood, Red was given the name Valerie.
Pronounced VAL-uh-ree.
As of October 2026, Valerie ranked #127 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #60 in 1959, Nameberry popularity #284.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #176 | 1,886 | 1,055.8 |
| 2015 | #171 | 1,880 | 1,053.2 |
| 2016 | #160 | 1,966 | 1,109.5 |
| 2017 | #167 | 1,824 | 1,056.5 |
| 2018 | #156 | 1,801 | 1,058.7 |
| 2019 | #151 | 1,890 | 1,126.1 |
| 2020 | #144 | 1,881 | 1,163.6 |
| 2021 | #155 | 1,840 | 1,121.4 |
| 2022 | #148 | 1,986 | 1,210.9 |
| 2023 | #145 | 1,951 | 1,215.9 |
| 2024 | #147 | 1,985 | 1,225.2 |
| 2025 | #127 | 2,221 | 1,381.8 |
World rankings
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Valerie on lists
Famous Valeries
- Saint Valerie of Limoges
French martyr and associate of Saint Martial.
- Valerie Anne Bertinelli
American actress.
- (Marie) Valerie Mathilde Amalie
Archduchess and Princess Imperial of Austria.
- Valerie Cruz
American actress.
- Valerie Kathryn Harper
American actress.
- (Valerie) June Carter Cash
American singer and wife of Johnny Cash.
- Valerie Simpson
American songwriter of duo Ashford & Simpson
- Valerie June Jarrett
American businesswoman and presidential adviser
- Valerie Elise Plame
former U.S. CIA agent.
- Valerie Doris Gresham
daughter of American singer Solomon Burke.
- Valerie Ritchie Perrine
American actress.
- Valerie Kasanita Adams
New Zealand Olympic shot putter.
- (Babette) Valerie Louise Hobson
Anglo,Irish actress
- Valerie Ann Amos
Baroness Amos, British politician and UN diplomat
- Valerie Solanas
American radical feminist.
- Valerie Anne Poxleitner Bokan aka Lights
Canadian singer,songwriter.
- Valerie Leon
English actress
- Valerie Mahaffey
American actress
- Valérie Kaprisky
French actress
Valerie in pop culture
- Valerie
main character in the movie Red Riding Hood
- Valerie Hawthorne
character in the Ace Attorney series.
- Valerie Tulle
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries".
- Valerie
gym leader in the Pokemon series.
- Valerie Grey
character in "Danny Phantom".
- Valerie Da Vinci
character in "Despicable Me 3"
- Valerie
“Val” Leftman, character in “Hate List”
- "Valerie"
song by Amy Winehouse.
- "Valerie"
song by The Weeknd.
- "Valerie"
song by Steve Winwood
- "Valleri
" song by The Monkees
- Valerie Malone
character on the TV series "Beverly Hills 90210" which ran from 1990 to 2000, played by Tiffani,Amber Thiessen
- Valerie
character in “Max & Ruby”