Valentin
2025 SSA
About Valentin
Romantic name used throughout Europe, though sure to lead to pronunciation problems here. Though it's never been too widely used in the US, it's quite popular in Switzerland, France, Austria, and Romania.
Pronounced val-en-TEEN.
As of October 2026, Valentin ranked #660 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #614 in 2007.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #985 | 212 | 110.4 |
| 2015 | #924 | 232 | 121 |
| 2016 | #836 | 271 | 142.8 |
| 2017 | #924 | 229 | 123.7 |
| 2018 | #842 | 265 | 145.9 |
| 2019 | #837 | 269 | 149.9 |
| 2020 | #771 | 309 | 179 |
| 2021 | #823 | 291 | 166.3 |
| 2022 | #800 | 315 | 180.4 |
| 2023 | #709 | 374 | 218.6 |
| 2024 | #747 | 343 | 199.1 |
| 2025 | #660 | 418 | 244.7 |
World rankings
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Valentin on lists
Famous Valentins
- Valentin Aleksandrovich "Val" Chmerkovskiy
Ukrainian,American dancer on Dancing with the Stars
- (Valentin Louis Georges Eugène) Marcel Proust
French novelist
- Valentin Ceaușescu
Romanian physicist; son of Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Valentin Friedland
German Reformation scholar
- Valentin Gasper Gjokaj
Albanian footballer
- Valentin Yakovlevich Parnakh
Russian jazz musician
- Valentin Plătăreanu
Romanian actor
- Valentín Elizalde
Mexican banda musician
- Valentin "Val" Bettin
American voice actor
- Valentin Hoepner (b. 1986)
son of actress Pola Kinski and Wolfgang Hoepner
- Valentin Francesco Monteverde (b. 2013)
son of director Alejandro Monteverde and actress Ali Landry
Valentin in pop culture
- Valentin
character in book/film "Blue is the Warmest Color"