Is Valor a boy or girl name?

Valor is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,680 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 11.2% were girls and 88.8% were boys.

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Valor

Recorded 1988–2025 · United States

Valor was most popular in 2025, when 180 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,368 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,368, with 180 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,680 people named Valor.

Valor over time

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

Is Valor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Valor is mostly a boy’s name — 11.2% of the 1,680 Americans given it were girls and 88.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 12% girls and 88% 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 Valor

Where Valor 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