Valentine
A boy’s name of English and Latin origin, ranked #1,793 in the US in 2025.
- Rank in 2025
- #1,793
- Best ever
- #358 in 1894
- US births since 1880
- 6,711
- Born in 2025
- 89
- Trend
- Rising last 10 years
Meaning
- good health
- Strong
First appears in Shakespeare. That is where the name is recorded, not where it comes from.
Also a girl’s name. See Valentine for girls — 2,239 recorded US births.
Births 1880–2025
Peak 142 in 1918. Rising over the last ten years.
Other English names
- LyndsayLinden island
- Vernefrom the alder grove, spring-like
- IveyA climbing evergreen ornamental plant, ivy
- Watsonpowerful warrior, rule amry
- AmberlyBrownish-yellow, precious jewel
- JocelynnMedieval male name adopted as a feminine name
- ToshaBorn at Christmas
- CarylJoyful
- Stantonfrom the rocky meadow
- GannonFair
- TravonFair town
- JoleenA well-established compound of Jo-