Valentine
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Valentine
Valentine is an attractive Shakespearean name with romantic associations, but those very ties to the saint and the sentimental holiday have sent it into a decline, one which we think may be about to turn around.
Valentine for boys#1807 US
The name's best known bearer is the third century martyr St. Valentine, whose feast day of February 14 coincided with the pagan fertility festival of the goddess Juno, all of which led to the modern Valentine's Day. This makes Valentine one of the most perfect names for February babies.
There are two Shakespearean characters named Valentine: one in Twelfth Night, and the other belonging to one of the two gentlemen in Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Valentine was the name of the father of James Bond-creator Ian Fleming, the young Humphrey Bogart played a dashing con artist named Valentine Corliss in an early film, The Bad Sister, and Kevin Bacon was Valentine McKee in the 1990 sci fi movie Tremors. Valentine Michael Smith is a major character in Robert Heinlein's classic, Stranger in a Strange Land.
Though Valentine hasn't been in the U.S. Top 1000 for over half a century, it's currently in the Top 100 in France and Belgium.
Ricky Martin chose the even more romantic Latin Valentino for one of his twins, and the feminine Valentina was given to the daughters of Salma Hayek, Adriana Lima and Lolita Davidovich. And trivia tidbit: Valentine was the middle name of writer Henry Miller.
Valentine for girls#2539 US
For a girl, we'd say Val-en-teen, though many would insist on pronouncing it like the holiday.
Pronounced VAL-uhn-tine.
As of October 2026, Valentine ranked #1807 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #366 in 1894, Nameberry popularity #580.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,927 | 40 | #3,417 | 47 |
| 2015 | #3,583 | 31 | #3,755 | 41 |
| 2016 | #2,931 | 41 | #4,073 | 37 |
| 2017 | #2,634 | 48 | #4,209 | 35 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 45 | #3,666 | 42 |
| 2019 | #2,260 | 62 | #2,995 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,544 | 51 | #3,443 | 45 |
| 2021 | #2,520 | 53 | #3,290 | 49 |
| 2022 | #2,092 | 72 | #2,990 | 56 |
| 2023 | #1,906 | 83 | #3,469 | 46 |
| 2024 | #2,467 | 56 | #3,160 | 51 |
| 2025 | #1,807 | 89 | #2,539 | 70 |
World rankings
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Similar names
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Valentine on lists
Famous Valentines
- Valentine CaryBoy
English Bishop of Exeter
- Saint ValentineBoy
Roman patron of love
- ValentineBoy
ninth,century pope
- Valentine WarnerBoy
British chef and TV presenter
- Valentine DyallBoy
English actor
- Valentine FlemingBoy
English MP and father of Ian Fleming
- Valentine "Val" PageBoy
English motorcycle designer
- Valentine AbtBoy
American composer and mandolin player
- Valentine Gill "Vallie" Hall IIIBoy
American tennis player
- Valentine PenroseBoy
French surrealist poet
- Valentine QuinBoy
1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount,Earl, Irish peer
- Henry Valentine MillerBoy
American novelist
- Paul Edward Valentine GiamattiBoy
American actor
- Valentine "Val" McCallumBoy
musician and son of David McCallum
- Valentine Anthony Rolph (b. 2006)Boy
son of American actress Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Audie Valentine BurrowsBoy
son of Darren Burrows
- Kannon Valentine James (b. 2011)Boy
son of actor Kevin James
- Mary Kathleen Macrory "Valentine" AcklandGirl
English poet
- Valentine Ruth "Ruthie" HenshallGirl
English actress and singer
- Valentine Jepkorir KipketerGirl
Kenyan distance runner
- Valentine Sled (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of TV personality Sophie Davant and Pierre Sled
- Valentine d'Arabian (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of American chef and TV host Melissa d'Arabian
- Rocky Valentine Adlon (b. 2003)Girl
daughter of Pamela Adlon
Valentine in pop culture
- Valentine MorgensternBoy
psychopath shadowhunter in "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare
- Valentine Michael SmithBoy
character in Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land"
- Valentine MontyBoy
character in "Sims" series
- ValentineBoy
spelled Volantynys, in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Parlement of Foules'
- "Like St. ValentineBoy
" song by Finnish band HIM
- ValentineBoy
a roguish masked juggler in the movie "Mirrormask"
- Nick ValentineBoy
detective in Fallout 4
- Valentine Coverly is a character in Tom Stoppard's Broadway playBoy
"Arcadia"
- Valentine WannopGirl
suffragette in novel "Parade's End"
- Valentine WigginGirl
Ender's sweet and loving older sister in book/film Ender's Game
- Valentine de VillefortGirl
kind and devoted character in Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo
- ValentineGirl
character in film 'Clouds of Sils Maria'
- Caterina "Cat" ValentineGirl
character on TV's "Victorious" and "Sam & Cat"
- Zoe ValentineGirl
name of Brat TV series and its titular character
- CleoGirl
Casper, Tony and Brenda Valentine, Zoe's family members
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- ValBoy
- ValentinianBoy
- ValentinusBoy
- ValentonBoy