Valentin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Valentin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Valentin: Recorded since 1960, it reached #352 in 2000, and it stood at #2,664 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#352highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2000	#2501
2001	#2220
2003	#2470
2004	#3009
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2008	#2276
2009	#1749
2010	#2036
2011	#1688
2012	#1669
2013	#1920
2014	#1935
2015	#1673
2016	#1157
2017	#1210
2018	#1040
2019	#1056
2020	#962
2021	#1055
2022	#1104
2023	#1363
2024	#1859
2025	#2664

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 37 of the 64 years from 1960 to 2023.

In 2023: #423 among boys in Norway, #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1363 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1960–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #498 among boys in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1960–2023
Highest recorded position: #352 among boys in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1960–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2664 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Valentin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1960, and has registered 212 births with the name.

Valentin across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Valentin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#498 (1960)	#352 (2000)	#423 (2023)	37 of 64	212 (1960–2023)	11 (2000)
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#962 (2020)	#2664 (2025)	26 of 28	348 (1998–2025)	29 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#730 (2011)	#631 (2021)	#660 (2023)	4 of 13	15 (2011–2023)	4 (2019)

Valentin by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Valentin in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	20	4 of 10	5
1970s	32	6 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	56	8 of 10	7
1990s	40	8 of 10	5
2000s	25	4 of 10	6
2010s	26	5 of 10	5
2020s	13	2 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Valentin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1960 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #352 in Norway in 2000.

Valentin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	male	#2664	8	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1104	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1210	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#423	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#413	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#496	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#487	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#585	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#352	11	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#490	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#545	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#551	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#615	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#617	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#574	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#481	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#561	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#437	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#548	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#598	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#522	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#654	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#477	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#416	10	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#520	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#543	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#480	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#498	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Valentin is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Valentin, between 1960 and 2025, in 52 of those 66 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1960–2023	37	#352 in 2000
England and Wales	1998–2025	26	#962 in 2020
Republic of Ireland	2011–2023	4	#631 in 2021

Its high point came 21 years earlier in Norway (2000) than in Republic of Ireland (2021).

No registrar recorded it for 6 years after 1967; it appears again in 1974.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1960 and 2025, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #352, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Valborg · #219, 26y
Valencia · #531, 21y
Valentina · #85, 77y
Valentina-Rose · #2253, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Constantin · #353, 48y
Walid · #353, 49y
Dalia · #355, 51y
Pavel · #348, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Angelique · #351, 35y
Constantin · #353, 48y
Phuong · #353, 35y
Walid · #353, 49y

Valentin was ranked #352 in Norway · Boys in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Olaf#348
Ragnar#349
Reidar#350
Torgeir#351
Walid#353
Yngve#354
Arnt#355
Bo#356

Valentin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Valentin without appearing here.

Valentin moved ahead of

Arne
In 2014 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1673 and #4747.
Graeme
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Keith
In 2015 they stood at #1673 and #1673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1157 and #2804.
Ashleigh
In 2008 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Valentin

Aksel
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #1132.
Carol
In 2024 they stood at #1363 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2025 that had become #2664 and #2133.
Rune
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #1460.
Joakim
In 1973 they stood at #480 and #534 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #547 and #177.

Moved the opposite way to Valentin

Graeme
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Valentin went from #2901 to #1363 while Graeme went from #1367 to #4107.
Ole
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Valentin went from #2901 to #1104 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.
Tor
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Valentin went from #2901 to #1104 while Tor went from #2074 to #3449.
Brooke
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Valentin went from #2901 to #962 while Brooke went from #2901 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1960 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #352 in Norway in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Valentin

Valentin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Valentin across 3 official records

Valentin by decade in Norway · Boys

Valentin appears in

Popularity data

Where Valentin is officially recorded

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Valentin

Valentin and the names beside it

Valentin moved ahead of

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Valentin at a glance

Valentin across 3 official records

Valentin by decade in Norway · Boys

Valentin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Valentin

Valentin and the names beside it

Valentin moved ahead of

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