Meanings & themes
Valentine names with love in them
32 names · 27 girls · 5 boys · records through 2025
Names built around affection are one of the oldest categories there is, and one of the few where the meaning is visible in the word itself — Amora, Amara, Esme and Cara all carry it openly.
This guide has 32 names: 27 girl names and 5 boy names. A curated set of love and Valentine-themed names matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
Valentina is the clear leader and has been climbing steadily for two decades; Romeo and Juliet chart on the strength of a play that is four centuries old.
Every name below appears in current American records with a live rank.
Girl names
27 names
- Valentina#35 today
- Mila#43 today
- Ruby#64 today
- Amara#98 today
- Rose#114 today
- Freya#176 today
- Mabel#201 today
- Vera#205 today
- Amora#247 today
- Amy#257 today
- Juliet#274 today
- Rosie#283 today
- Esme#298 today
- Esmeralda#373 today
- Amanda#493 today
- Mina#595 today
- Davina#749 today
- Honey#844 today
- Love#955 today
- Belle#1013 today
- Cara#1326 today
- Dove#1484 today
- Rosalind#1518 today
- Amor#1666 today
- Valencia#1721 today
- Adore#1777 today
- Venus#1990 today
Boy names
5 names
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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