Valencia
Valencia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 183 births. Its best rank was 633rd, in 1969–1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1830.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1970261 births
- Best rank
- #633first in 1969
- Since 1919
- 12,077people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,077 girls have been named Valencia in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 261 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1960s alone account for 17%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Valencia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 128 | |
| 1930s | 97 | |
| 1940s | 126 | |
| 1950s | 1,041 | |
| 1960s | 2,068 | |
| 1970s | 1,743 | |
| 1980s | 1,922 | |
| 1990s | 1,750 | |
| 2000s | 1,180 | |
| 2010s | 1,139 | |
| 2020s | 878 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Valencia was the 633rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Valencia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ivelissepeak 1988
- Annamariapeak 1966
- Silviapeak 1991
- Elisapeak 2012
- Lynnaepeak 1971
- Maurapeak 1964
- Brigittepeak 1960
- Lourdespeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.