How Many People Are Named Valdemar?
people named Valdemar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 494,623 people in the US has this name
Based on 964 babies named Valdemar in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian form of WALDEMAR. This was the name of four kings of Denmark.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Valdemar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Valdemar alive today is about 40 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Valdemar first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2002, to 24 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Valdemar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,951, in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #13,745.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,745 |
| Best rank | #1,951 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,173 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Valdemar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Valdemar were born in Texas than in any other state: about 169 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Valdemar was given about 13.4 times as often in Texas.
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