Valerie: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced VAL-uh-ree · 3 syllables

Valerie means “strong, healthy”, from Latin and French.

From French Valerie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria.

How popular is Valerie?

Valerie was the #127 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,221 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Valerie in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Valerie are older than 55; most are between 21 and 75. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Valerie have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Valerie means “strong, healthy”. It comes from Latin and French.

Valerie is pronounced VAL-uh-ree.

Valerie was the #127 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,221 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Valerie are older than 55. Most are between 21 and 75.