# Valencia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/valencia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “power”, “vigour” |
| Pronunciation | /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,209 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 12,198 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 446, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.

## What it means

Valencia is grouped under strong.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 116 | 1,771 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2,093 |
| 2013 | 91 | 2,105 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,070 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,935 |
| 2016 | 114 | 1,827 |
| 2017 | 129 | 1,676 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,708 |
| 2019 | 175 | 1,314 |
| 2020 | 152 | 1,439 |
| 2021 | 163 | 1,363 |
| 2022 | 200 | 1,214 |
| 2023 | 180 | 1,276 |
| 2024 | 184 | 1,269 |
| 2025 | 118 | 1,731 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 8,439 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,863 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 37 | 941 |
| 2021 | 56 | 683 |
| 2022 | 54 | 683 |
| 2023 | 61 | 617 |
| 2024 | 59 | 654 |
| 2025 | 75 | 531 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Вале́нсия
- Catalan: Valencia
- Chinese: 巴倫西亞 /巴伦西亚
- French: Valencia
- Italian: Valencia
- Japanese: バレンシア
- Portuguese: Valência
- Russian: Вале́нсия
- Spanish: Valencia
- Swedish: Valencia

## 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.