Is Vale a boy or girl name?

Vale is a unisex name. Of the 539 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 63.1% were girls and 36.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2025, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Vale

Recorded 1917–2025 · United States

Vale was most popular in 2015, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,264 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 539 people named Vale.

Vale over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vale’s peak in 2015. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vale a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vale is a unisex name — 63.1% of the 539 Americans given it were girls and 36.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 72% girls and 28% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org