Val

Girl · recorded 1908–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1958best year

Most popular in 1958.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Val.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1908

0285519081937196619952024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 70 recorded years as a table
Val, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190827
191112
19129
191310
19148
191514
19165
191710
19185
191910
192013
19217
19227
19239
19247
192512
19269
19276
19284
192920
193010
193115
193221
193318
19347
193513
193624
193719
193817
193914
194017
19417
194219
194311
194412
194516
194612
194714
194814
194915
195021
195122
195226
195331
195436
195537
195642
195745
195855
195946
196037
196148
196230
196331
196420
196514
196611
196710
196810
19698
19706
19717
19728
19736
19763
19804
19853
20224
20234
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Val isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1908
1,749

Val was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1958, at 55 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Val doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.