Valarie
Feminine · “to be strong”
Valarie is an American respelling of Valerie, and Valerie comes from a Roman family name built on a verb about being strong and being well. It was among the characteristic American women's names of the mid-twentieth century.
How old is the name Valarie?
Valarie first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Valarie alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 16,500 people named Valarie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Valarie most popular?
Valarie peaked in 1964, reaching #379 nationally. Today it ranks #3249, 2,870 places below that high. See the whole 1964 chart.
Where it comes from
From valere to Valarie
The story of Valarie
The gens Valeria was one of the oldest patrician families of Rome, and its name outlived the republic to become a Christian one through several early saints. French made Valérie, and English took it in the nineteenth century. American use rose steeply in the middle of the twentieth, and the Valarie spelling belongs to that period — a respelling that makes the middle vowel an a, matching how most Americans actually say the name.
Meaning
to be strong, to be in good health
From the Roman family name Valerius, formed on valere, to be strong or well — the same verb that gives English valid, value and the farewell vale.
How the name formed
- valere
- Valerius
- Valérie
- Valarie
Related forms: Valérie · Valerie · Valeria · Valeriya
Pronouncing Valarie
VAL-uh-ree
Three syllables, first stressed. The spelling matches how most Americans say it.
Nicknames for Valarie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 1960534 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #379reached in 1964
- Change vs 2023
- +2.1%48 in 2025, from 47
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Valarie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Valérie in French — same name
- Valerie in English — spelling variant
- Valeria in Italian — same name
- Valeriya in Russian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Valaries among us
people named Valarie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 33,485 born in 2025 was named Valarie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Edwina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Valarie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Edwina climbed just as high around 1943, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Edwina's path sketches the road Valarie is walking now.
Valarie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Valarie is headed
Valarie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 29% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Valarie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Valarie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Latin meaning with a documented record reaching back to the Roman republic.
- Val is a plain, permanent short form.
- The spelling reflects the actual American pronunciation more closely than Valerie does.
- Valerie is the standard spelling and will be written for her on nearly every form.
- It reads as a name of a particular era to older Americans.
- Valarie, Valerie and Valery all appear and only the middle one is standard.
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Frequently asked
- How many Valaries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 16,500 people named Valarie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Valarie in 2025?
- Valarie ranks #3249 among US girl names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Valarie?
- About 1 in every 33,485 US girls born in 2025 was named Valarie — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Valarie with classmates?
- Valarie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Valarie
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