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Valkyrie

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Valkyrie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1110.01% of girls
Peak year
2022153 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1992
1,211people given the name
Babies named Valkyrie, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,211 girls have been named Valkyrie in the United States since 1992, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 153 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 53%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Valkyrie
1990s22
2000s92
2010s451
2020s646

In 2022, its biggest year

Valkyrie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Valkyrie

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.