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Valentina

Pronounced V AA2 L EH0 N T IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 2024
  • 128 years in use
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How popular is Valentina?

Valentina is a girls' name, and first appears in 1897. It has been given to 63,053 children — the 476th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 4,628 children were given it.

01,2502,5003,7505,0001920195019802010
2024Girls: 4,628Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
V AA2 L EH0 N T IY1 N AH0
Stress pattern:
2010
Syllables:
4

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

Names like Valentina

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

Sibling names for Valentina

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Valentina?
Valentina ranks 476th among girls' names in US records, with 63,053 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 37,335.
Is Valentina a unisex name?
No. Valentina is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Valentina most popular?
2024, when 4,628 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.