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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 NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. 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.