Vallie
Feminine · “strong”
Vallie is given to both — 3,462 girls and 143 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Vallie is Valerie shortened, and the Latin behind it is valere — to be strong or to be worth — the verb that gives value and valid alike.
How old is the name Vallie?
Vallie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Vallie alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 1,000 people named Vallie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vallie most popular?
Vallie peaked in 1884, reaching #385 nationally. Today it ranks #1872, 1,487 places below that high. See the whole 1884 chart.
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Where it comes from
From valere to Vallie
The story of Vallie
Valerius was a Roman family name and Valeria its feminine; Saint Valerie was an early martyr of Limoges. French made Valérie, which became widely popular in mid-century America. English speech clipped it to Val and Vallie, and American families registered the clipping outright. It appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
strong, healthy
Through Valerie and the Roman family name Valerius, from valere, 'to be strong' or 'to be worth'. The same verb gives value, valid, valor and the farewell vale. The Latin is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- valere
- Valeria
- Valerie
- Vallie
Related forms: Vally · Valérie · Valeria
Pronouncing Vallie
VAL-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Vallie and Vally are said identically.
Nicknames for Vallie
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 2025105 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #385reached in 1884
- Change vs 2022
- +452.6%105 in 2025, from 19
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.
Vallie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Vally in English — spelling variant
- Valérie in French — related form
- Valeria in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
Vallies among us
people named Vallie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 15,307 born in 2025 was named Vallie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Vallie is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Vallie is headed
Vallie is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 127% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Vallie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vallie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The strength meaning is transparent, undisputed and unusually good.
- Valerie is available as a full formal version with a real record.
- It is warm and immediately friendly.
- It is a near-homophone of the English 'valley'.
- As a diminutive on the certificate it carries an informal register into adult life.
- It is period-coded to the earlier twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Vallies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Vallie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Vallie in 2025?
- Vallie ranks #1872 among US girl names in 2025, with 105 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vallie?
- About 1 in every 15,307 US girls born in 2025 was named Vallie — 105 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vallie with classmates?
- Vallie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Vallie
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