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Girl's name · #35 in the US (2025) · Trending
Valentina is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1897, it stood at #35 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 65,000 girls have been named Valentina along the way.
Actress Salma Hayek and businessman François-Henri Pinault chose the name for their daughter, Valentina Paloma, born in September 2007.
See where Valentina is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Valentina is especially popular in Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
#2 in Argentina (2025) · #2 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #4 in Mexico (2024) · #8 in Austria (2025) · #21 in Ecuador (2025) · #23 in Spain (2024) · #37 in Switzerland (2025) · #78 in France (2025) · #85 in Belgium (2025) · #93 in Slovenia (2025) · #99 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #203 in Sweden (2025) and 8 more.
Among 1,744 notable people named Valentina:
Scientists & scholars appear 1.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Valentina Borok, Ukrainian mathematician (1931–2004).
A popular twin pairing with Valentina is Valeria for a girl.
Similar names: Aurora · Valeria · Catalina · Elena · Liliana · Lucia
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