Names / Boy names
Valerian
Current rank
#4,526
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,821
in 1918
First recorded
1914
in U.S. data
Children named
503
since 1914
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,821 in 1918 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Valerian plant. It was first recorded in American naming data in 1914. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 503 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.