Valarie
Spelling variant of Valerie, which comes through French from the Roman family name Valerius, built on the Latin verb valere, to be strong or healthy.
Valarie in 2025
Valarie was given to 48 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 5,820th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 69,070 babies born.
The history of Valarie
Valarie reached its highest point in 1964, when 641 babies were given the name, ranking 673rd that year.
Across the 116 years of records since 1910, 18,714 babies have been named Valarie. Half of them were born before 1968, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Valarie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Valarie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | 3,589 |
| 1920s | 126 | 3,862 |
| 1930s | 192 | 2,314 |
| 1940s | 857 | 969 |
| 1950s | 3,407 | 739 |
| 1960s | 5,166 | 673 |
| 1970s | 3,254 | 875 |
| 1980s | 2,580 | 1,038 |
| 1990s | 1,281 | 1,760 |
| 2000s | 980 | 2,878 |
| 2010s | 501 | 4,255 |
| 2020s | 290 | 4,377 |
Where Valarie is heading
Valarie has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 49 babies in 2015 to 48 in 2025.
Names like Valarie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Valarie.