# Valeria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/valeria/  
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 | “to be healthy”, “to be strong” |
| Pronunciation | /vəˈlɪəɹi.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 80,157 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 105 / 80,052 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 477, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Feminine form of Roman family name Valerius, from Latin valere (“to be healthy, to be strong”). Doublet of Valerie.

## What it means

Valeria 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 | 2,540 | 125 |
| 2012 | 2,144 | 149 |
| 2013 | 1,816 | 176 |
| 2014 | 1,892 | 175 |
| 2015 | 1,977 | 162 |
| 2016 | 2,038 | 153 |
| 2017 | 1,890 | 157 |
| 2018 | 1,990 | 141 |
| 2019 | 1,989 | 142 |
| 2020 | 1,816 | 150 |
| 2021 | 1,814 | 158 |
| 2022 | 1,997 | 146 |
| 2023 | 1,866 | 154 |
| 2024 | 1,866 | 162 |
| 2025 | 1,835 | 162 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | 8,387 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,752 |
| 1994 | 5 | 10,176 |
| 1995 | 5 | 10,258 |
| 1997 | 7 | 8,070 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,665 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11,273 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,390 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,971 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,872 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,458 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,374 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12,119 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12,191 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,689 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 37 | 940 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 39 | 918 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Вале́рия
- Greek: Βαλέρια
- Italian: Valeria
- Latvian: Valerija
- Polish: Waleria
- Portuguese: Valéria
- Russian: Вале́рия
- Spanish: Valeria
- Ukrainian: Вале́рія

## People named Valeria

- Valeria Mazza, Argentine model
- Valeria Ciavatta, captain-regent of San Marino
- Valeria Ciangottini, actress
- Valeria de Paiva, Brazilian mathematician, logician, and computer scientist
- Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine actress
- Valeria Sarmiento, Film editor, Director, Screenwriter
- Valeria Lynch, Argentine singer
- Valeria Spälty, curler
- Valeria Ayos, Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
- Valeria Kleiner, German footballer
- Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1868-1924)
- Lera Kudryavtseva, actor, singer and TV personality

## 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.