Val Name Popularity

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How popular is Val?

In 2018 the rare name Val, ranked the 9,549th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Val is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #526 in 1952 with 178 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Val was less than 5, most recently in 2013.

Approximately during the years 1909-1916, 1919-1923, 1939-1942, 1943-1948, 1949-1952, and 1995-1998, the name Val took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1965-1968 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Val has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Val's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. however, the number of children named Val lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Val?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Val is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Val has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Val (Girl)		Val (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	8	9,549
2017		< 5	--	12	7,045
2016		< 5	--	6	12,048
2015		< 5	--	12	7,023
2014		< 5	--	9	8,727
2013		< 5	--	< 5	--
2012		< 5	--	7	10,673
2011		< 5	--	8	9,532
2010		< 5	--	8	9,617
2009		< 5	--	9	8,938
2008		< 5	--	6	12,444
2007		< 5	--	8	9,727
2006		< 5	--	11	7,386
2005		< 5	--	13	6,193
2004		< 5	--	12	6,499
2003		< 5	--	13	5,863
2002		< 5	--	14	5,378
2001		< 5	--	12	5,986
2000		< 5	--	21	3,911
1999		< 5	--	14	5,015
1998		< 5	--	27	3,014
1997		< 5	--	17	4,045
1996		< 5	--	14	4,601
1995		< 5	--	9	6,383
1994		< 5	--	16	4,081
1993		< 5	--	11	5,341
1992		< 5	--	13	4,558
1991		< 5	--	14	4,212
1990		< 5	--	16	3,765
1989		< 5	--	14	4,011
1988		< 5	--	7	6,385
1987		< 5	--	9	4,940
1986		< 5	--	14	3,431
1985		5	12,425	16	3,060
1984		< 5	--	15	3,096
1983		< 5	--	9	4,477
1982		< 5	--	14	3,270
1981		< 5	--	26	2,083
1980		6	10,338	23	2,278
1979		< 5	--	28	1,940
1978		< 5	--	21	2,273
1977		< 5	--	36	1,569
1976		5	10,831	16	2,704
1975		< 5	--	27	1,829
1974		< 5	--	36	1,468
1973		9	6,058	41	1,310
1972		12	4,783	41	1,325
1971		11	5,114	52	1,147
1970		11	5,044	58	1,078
1969		13	4,186	62	980
1968		17	3,309	48	1,080
1967		16	3,328	68	874
1966		19	2,932	64	913
1965		24	2,538	74	860
1964		37	1,974	77	875
1963		59	1,460	98	773
1962		59	1,454	102	760
1961		96	1,125	88	816
1960		75	1,278	122	711
1959		93	1,113	131	668
1958		110	993	128	671
1957		91	1,098	141	648
1956		85	1,128	168	589
1955		73	1,175	150	606
1954		69	1,212	148	609
1953		59	1,274	156	575
1952		48	1,419	178	526
1951		39	1,525	138	595
1950		36	1,574	138	580
1949		25	1,964	132	595
1948		24	2,003	129	592
1947		24	2,041	116	642
1946		19	2,225	105	629
1945		21	1,871	71	733
1944		16	2,283	87	666
1943		16	2,348	71	778
1942		26	1,665	103	625
1941		8	3,539	73	727
1940		19	1,896	84	666
1939		15	2,199	80	666
1938		19	1,869	78	690
1937		20	1,780	71	721
1936		25	1,502	75	687
1935		14	2,297	77	691
1934		7	3,775	63	786
1933		18	1,903	67	750
1932		22	1,679	69	761
1931		16	2,099	56	855
1930		11	2,829	65	809
1929		22	1,758	44	1,043
1928		5	5,368	57	890
1927		7	4,253	52	978
1926		11	3,028	39	1,157
1925		14	2,607	40	1,120
1924		9	3,640	37	1,202
1923		11	3,108	61	881
1922		8	3,985	37	1,193
1921		9	3,640	32	1,326
1920		15	2,454	37	1,207
1919		11	2,990	28	1,381
1918		6	4,770	34	1,210
1917		11	2,864	37	1,108
1916		5	5,102	35	1,117
1915		14	2,247	28	1,261
1914		6	3,575	18	1,484
1913		6	3,153	24	1,045
1912		5	3,402	22	997
1911		5	2,835	5	1,980
1910		< 5	--	6	1,574
1909		< 5	--	6	1,430
1908		9	1,536	7	1,207
1907		< 5	--	10	928
1906		< 5	--	7	1,105
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	5	1,387
1903		< 5	--	5	1,295
1902		< 5	--	9	856
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	7	1,154
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	5	1,280
1897		< 5	--	8	847
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	6	988
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	5	1,097
1885		< 5	--	5	1,090
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	5	1,087
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.