How popular is the name Valencia?

Valencia ranks 1,267th among girls' names in US records, with 12,088 births since 1919. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,522.

Is Valencia a unisex name?

No. Valencia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1970, when 261 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,267 of girl names

Pronounced V AH0 L EH1 N S IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)

Valencia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1919. It has been given to 12,088 children — the 1,267th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 43% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 1970, when 261 children were given it.

1970Girls: 261Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

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

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

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

How popular is the name Valencia?: Valencia ranks 1,267th among girls' names in US records, with 12,088 births since 1919. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,522.
Is Valencia a unisex name?: No. Valencia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Valencia most popular?: 1970, when 261 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.