Is Valera a boy or girl name?

Valera is a girl’s name. Of the 1,063 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Valera

Recorded 1896–2025 · United States

Valera was most popular in 1919, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,235 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,063 people named Valera.

Valera over time

Births per year. The dot marks Valera’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Valera a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Valera is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,063 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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