How Many People Are Named Valeria?

73,345

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

About 1 in 4,659 people in the US has this name

Based on 80,157 babies named Valeria in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#698

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#367

See the top 100

Peak Year

2008

4,212 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Pronunciation: va-LE-rya (Italian), ba-LE-rya (Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of VALERIUS. This was the name of a 2nd-century Roman saint and martyr.

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

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

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

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Valeria alive today is about 19 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 23 in 2025.

Under 30 62,276
84.9%
30 to 59 7,521
10.3%
60 and over 3,548
4.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Valeria first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2008, to 4,212 babies. In 2025, 1,835 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Valeria never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #72, in 2009, and it was in the top 100 for 5 years, 2006 to 2010. In 2025 it ranked #162.

Girls
Rank in 2025#162
Best rank#72 (2009)
Years in the top 1005 (2006 to 2010)
Rank in its biggest decade#130 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Valeria were born in California than in any other state: about 20,705 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Valeria was given 2.1 times as often in California, 2.1 times in Texas and 2 times in Nevada.

California 20,705
Texas 15,708
Florida 4,801
Illinois 3,311
Arizona 2,795
New York 2,338
Georgia 2,007
North Carolina 1,701
Colorado 1,337
Washington 1,256
New Jersey 1,217
Nevada 939
Virginia 930
Tennessee 706
Oregon 684
Michigan 648
Alabama 647
Maryland 632
Indiana 610
Oklahoma 592
Pennsylvania 584
New Mexico 580
South Carolina 559
Ohio 540
Utah 481
Wisconsin 468
Kansas 460
Massachusetts 349
Minnesota 342
Arkansas 341
Louisiana 310
Missouri 298
Connecticut 266
Kentucky 258
Nebraska 251
Iowa 248
Mississippi 241
Idaho 215
District of Columbia 118
Delaware 52
West Virginia 20
Rhode Island 15
Wyoming 13
Hawaii 5

Look up another name

👤

⊙ We don't save the names you search.