How Many People Are Named Valencia?
An estimated 10,776 people in the United States have the first name Valencia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 39 years old, and Valencia peaked in popularity in 1970 with 261 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Valencia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Valencia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
10,776
About 1 in 31,807 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.9% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1970
261 births
Total Registered
12,088
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Valencia
Valencia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 12,088 total births registered, 99.9% were female.
Valencia as a male name
Ranked #7,864 in 1989
6 male births in 1989
Peak: 1989 (6 births)
Valencia as a female name
Ranked #1,271 in 2024
183 female births in 2024
Peak: 1970 (261 births)
Valencia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Valencia span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 2,068 babies were registered. While Valencia is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Valencia by Decade
How has Valencia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Valencia by State
Birth registrations for Valencia span all 32 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, Georgia, Florida. The lowest are in Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico. On average, about 267 Valencias were registered per state.
Valencia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Valencia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Valencia
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
Valencia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Valencia?
We estimate approximately 10,776 people named Valencia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 31,807 Americans share this first name.
Is Valencia a common name?
Valencia is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 97.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 12,088 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Valencia most popular?
Valencia reached peak popularity in 1970, when 261 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Valencia is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Valencia a female name?
Valencia is predominantly female. 99.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Valencia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Valencia Smith, Valencia Johnson, Valencia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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