Valentine

Meaning: Strong, healthy
Origin: Latin — From the Roman name Valentinus

Nicknames: Val

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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#1,798 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,527 in Canada (2025) · #655 in Ireland (2024) · #1,058 in France (1925).

Famous Valentines

Valentine — Head of the Catholic Church in 827 (c. 780–827)
Valentine Strasser — Head of State of Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996 (born 1967)
Valentine Fleming — British politician (1882–1917)
Valentine Holmes — Australia & Cook Islands international rugby league footballer (born 1995)
Valentine Dyall — British actor (1908–1985)

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: Valentin · Emile · Valen · Constantine · Laurence · Sylvester

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