Valeria

What Valeria means

Means “to be healthy, to be strong”

Feminine form of Roman family name Valerius, from Latin valere (“to be healthy, to be strong”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Valeria” (revision 94544441), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Valeria?

US: Steady: #162 in 2015, #162 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1601 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 4,091 girls got the name (#72 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 876 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,237 baby girls in England and Wales 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 NM (3.21 per 1,000 girls), OR (2.45 per 1,000 girls), CA (2.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Valeria is #162 in the US and #983 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 Valeria were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Valerie2,221 US · 54 E&W
• Valarie48 US
• Valorie39 US
• Valyrie5 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 Valeria

Girls

• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Natalia#144“birthday (of the Lord)”^*
• Lilian#560possibly “lily”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Lilianna#890Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1980, with 6 babies

For a brother

• Adrian#74“from the Roman harbor Hadria”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Dominic#106Editor’s note Down from #68 in 2015 to #106 in 2025 in the US
• Maximilian#590German, meaning “the greatest”^*

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