How Many People Are Named Valencia?

11,298

people named Valencia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 30,251 people in the US has this name

Based on 12,209 babies named Valencia in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,295

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,262

See the top 100

Peak Year

1970

261 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Various
Pronunciation: ba-LEN-sya (Latin American Spanish), ba-LEN-thya (European Spanish), və-LEN-see-ə (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the name of cities in Spain and Venezuela, both derived from Latin valentia meaning "strength, vigour".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

ValensValentinaValentinianusValentinusBalendinValentinTinValentValentijnVal

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

Almost all of the babies given the name Valencia (99.9%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Valencia alive today is about 38 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 55 in 2025.

Under 30 3,836
34%
30 to 59 5,465
48.4%
60 and over 1,997
17.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Valencia first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1970, to 261 babies. In 2025, 118 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Valencia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #633, in 1969 to 1970. In 2025 it ranked #1,731.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,731
Best rank#633 (1969 to 1970)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#709 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Valencia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Valencia were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,160 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Valencia was given 4.5 times as often in District of Columbia, 4.1 times in Alabama and 4.1 times in Georgia.

Texas 1,160
Georgia 890
Florida 807
California 734
Illinois 613
New York 601
Alabama 521
Louisiana 421
Michigan 407
Tennessee 312
Ohio 302
Mississippi 222
North Carolina 174
Virginia 156
District of Columbia 152
South Carolina 124
New Jersey 101
Pennsylvania 89
Maryland 74
Missouri 39
Arizona 38
Massachusetts 35
Colorado 34
Wisconsin 28
Indiana 17
Washington 16
Kansas 15
Arkansas 9
Oklahoma 5
Minnesota 5
New Mexico 5
Utah 5

Look up another name

👤

⊙ We don't save the names you search.