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Valarie

Pronounced V AE1 L EH1 R IY0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1964
  • 115 years in use
  • 1 spelling
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How popular is Valarie?

Valarie is a girls' name, and first appears in 1910. It has been given to 18,754 children — the 959th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 459 births across the past decade, against a peak of 651 in a single year. That peak was in 1964.

Valary is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Valarie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Valary

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
V AE1 L EH1 R IY0
Stress pattern:
110
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Valarie

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Valarie

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Valarie?
Valarie ranks 959th among girls' names in US records, with 18,754 births since 1910. Over the past decade it accounts for 459.
Is Valarie a unisex name?
No. Valarie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Valarie most popular?
1964, when 651 children were given the name. It has been in use for 115 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Valarie spelled?
Valary. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.