Val
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Val
Occasionally used as an independent name, but why.
Val for boys#4692 US
Val as a boys' name is closely associated with the late actor Val Kilmer.
Pronounced VAL.
As of October 2026, Val ranked #15072 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #993 in 1958.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #4,692 | 22 |
World rankings
Val for boys
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Famous Vals
- Valerie B. "Val" AckermanGirl
American athlete and founder of the WNBA
- Valerie Kathleen "Val" LehmanGirl
Australian actress
- Val McDermidGirl
Scottish novelist
- Val Edward KilmerBoy
American actor
- Valentin Aleksandrovich "Val" ChmerkovskiyBoy
Ukrainian,American dancer on "Dancing with the Stars"
- Frederick Valdemar Erastus "Val" PetersonBoy
26th Governor of Nebraska
- Val Logsdon FitchBoy
American physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Val Lewton (born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon)Boy
Russian,American film director
- Val Henry GielgudBoy
English actor
- Valmond Maurice "Val" GuestBoy
English film director
- Lovall "Val" BennettBoy
Jamaican saxophonist
- Val Allen BrowningBoy
American firearms manufacturer
- Valentine "Val" HarrisBoy
Irish footballer
- Michael Valentine "Val" DoonicanBoy
Irish pop singer
- Valentine "Val" McCallumBoy
British musician and son of actor David McCallum
- Val VenisBoy
in ring name of wrestler Sean Allen Morley
Val in pop culture
- Valerie "Val" PollardGirl
character on British soap "Emmerdale"
- Valerie "Val" TorielloGirl
character on TV's "The Nanny"
- Valene "Val" EwingGirl
character on TV's "Dallas" and "Knots Landing"
- Valerie "Val" CooperGirl
character in Marvel Comics
- ValGirl
character in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series
- ValGirl
character on TV's "The Office"
- Valerie "Val"Girl
character on British sitcom "Friday night dinner"