MyNameRoots
Baby name
Valentine
Girl Boy
25% girls / 75% boys
Origin of the name
Valentine comes from the Latin Valentinus, from valens, “strong, vigorous.” Saint Valentine became the patron saint of lovers.
Show the…
Rising name
Where babies named Valentine are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Valentine is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Valentine is most common in New York (2.8 times), Pennsylvania (2.7) and Texas (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Rising name
Where babies named Valentine are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Valentine is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
One letter apart
- Valentina 65,147
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.
Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12% | 88% |
| 1890s | 20% | 80% |
| 1900s | 27% | 73% |
| 1910s | 21% | 79% |
| 1920s | 19% | 81% |
| 1930s | 15% | 85% |
| 1940s | 19% | 81% |
| 1950s | 15% | 85% |
| 1960s | 20% | 80% |
| 1970s | 17% | 83% |
| 1980s | 29% | 71% |
| 1990s | 30% | 70% |
| 2000s | 37% | 63% |
| 2010s | 48% | 52% |
| 2020s | 44% | 56% |