Valentina

What Valentina means

Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”

Doublet of Valentine || From Latin Valentīnus, a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Valentina” (revision 93045253) and “Valentine” (revision 90583941), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Valentina?

US: Rising: up from #114 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #320 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 5,354 girls got the name (#35 that year). First in the US records in 1897.

How common

• About 1 in 300 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,499 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,278 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (8.63 per 1,000 girls), RI (8.16 per 1,000 girls), NV (7.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Valentina is #35 in the US and #272 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Valentina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Valentyna6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Valentina

Girls

• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Camilla#361Editor’s note Up from #374 in 2015 to #361 in 2025 in the US
• Vivienne#172Variant of Vivian, possibly meaning “alive”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*

For a brother

• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Valentina’s. Rank is US 2025.