Is Valen a boy or girl name?

Valen is a unisex name. Of the 1,880 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 27.0% were girls and 73.0% were boys.

Valen

Recorded 1951–2025 · United States

Valen was most popular in 2025, when 131 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,940 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,940, with 131 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,880 people named Valen.

Valen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Valen’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Valen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Valen is a unisex name — 27.0% of the 1,880 Americans given it were girls and 73.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 19% girls and 81% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Valen

Where Valen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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