# Valentin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/valentin/  
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 | 11,723 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,723 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 348, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 206 | 964 |
| 2012 | 231 | 901 |
| 2013 | 237 | 881 |
| 2014 | 212 | 985 |
| 2015 | 232 | 924 |
| 2016 | 271 | 836 |
| 2017 | 229 | 924 |
| 2018 | 265 | 842 |
| 2019 | 269 | 838 |
| 2020 | 309 | 771 |
| 2021 | 291 | 823 |
| 2022 | 315 | 800 |
| 2023 | 374 | 710 |
| 2024 | 343 | 748 |
| 2025 | 418 | 660 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,040 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Valentin

- Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer and pianist (1813–1888)
- Edmond François Valentin About, French writer and critic (1828-1885)
- Valentín Barco, Argentine asociation football player
- Valentinus, Egyptian gnostic theologian (c.100–c. 160)
- Valentin Haüy, founder of the first school for the blind
- Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
- Valentin Madouas, French cyclist
- Valentin Porte, French handball player
- Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, French mathematician and physicist (1842-1929)
- Valentín Carboni, Argentine association football player
- Valentine Telegdi, American physicist (1922–2006)
- Valentin Rongier, French footballer

## 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.