Valley: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “valley”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- VAL-ee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (93% of all uses)
From the English vocabulary word for a low area between hills. It is a modern word-name rather than a traditional inherited given name.
How popular is Valley?
Babies named Valley in 2024149
2024 rank#1,516 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 1880718
Valley is rising: use over the last five years is 9.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Valley
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Valley questions
What does the name Valley mean?
Valley means "valley". It comes from English. From the English vocabulary word for a low area between hills. It is a modern word-name rather than a traditional inherited given name.
Is Valley a boy or girl name?
Valley is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Valley?
149 US babies were named Valley in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Valley?
Valley is usually pronounced VAL-ee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.