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Valentine

Boy's name · #1807 in the US (2025) · Timeless

56% boys · 44% girls — Valentine is also given to girls: 70 in 2025, about 44% in recent years. Valentine →

Popularity over time

Valentine holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1807 in 2025). About 6,700 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,889 in England & Wales (2025).

Famous Valentines

• Valentine — Pope
• Valentine Strasser — Sierra Leonean politician
• Valentine Telegdi — American physicist (1922–2006)
• Valentine Cameron Prinsep — British artist (1838–1904)
• Valentine Baker — British soldier (1827–1887)

In stories & tradition

• Valentine Michael Smith — Stranger in a Strange Land (novel)
• Valentine — The Two Gentlemen of Verona (play)
• Valentine Morgenstern — The Mortal Instruments (novel series)

What Valentines become

Among 374 notable people named Valentine:

Military figures appear 1.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Valentine Baker, British soldier (1827–1887).

Similar names: Valentino · Hosea · Valen · Constantine · Emile · Laurence

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