Over the past 110 years, 32 boys and 258 369 girls have been named Valerie. The name Valerie ranks 7981th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Valerie in 1962. The peak of popularity of the name Valerie came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.