How Many People Are Named Val?
people named Val are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 80,306 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,406 babies named Val in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
253 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of VALENTINE (1), VALERIE, and other names beginning with Val.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Val, 27.3% were girls and 72.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 22.5% of the babies were girls then and 16.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Val alive today is about 62 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Val first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1956, to 253 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Val has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #526, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #4,691. Among girls, its best rank was #992, in 1958.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,691 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #526 (1952) | #992 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #611 in the 1950s | #1,211 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Val alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Val were born in California than in any other state: about 492 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Val was given 45.9 times as often in Utah, 18.2 times in Idaho and 3.4 times in California.
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