# Valdemar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/valdemar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 964 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 964 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 9,807 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,555 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12,190 |
| 2012 | 5 | 14,104 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,936 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,940 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,557 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12,077 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12,141 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,677 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,992 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7,003 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,186 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,108 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,750 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Valdemar

- Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (1869-1942)
- Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Danish prince (1858-1939)
- Valdemar the Young, Co-king of Denmark (1209-1231)
- Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Danish noble
- Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (1884-1917)
- Valdemar Bøggild, Danish gymnast
- Valdemar Lund, Danish football player
- Valdemar III, Duke of Schleswig, Danish noble and duke of Schleswig
- Valdemar of Denmark, Danish prince-Bishop
- Valdemar Bandolowski, Danish sailor and Olympic champion
- Valdemar Tofte, Danish violinist
- Valdemar Rautio, Finnish triple jumper (1921–1973)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.