Valentina

“Strong, healthy” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #35 in the US (2025) · Trending

Valentina is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1897, it stood at #35 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 65,000 girls have been named Valentina along the way. A popular twin pairing with Valentina is Valeria for a girl.

Around the world: #2 in Argentina (2024) · #2 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #4 in Mexico (2022) · #8 in Austria (2025) · #23 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Valentinas

Valentina Tereshkova — Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
Valentina Matviyenko — Russian politician
Valentina Monetta — Sammarinese singer
Valentina Cortese — Italian actress (1923–2019)
Valentina Vezzali — Italian fencer and politician

In stories & tradition

Valentina Allegra de Fontaine — Strange Tales
Valentina Vostok — Legends of Tomorrow · Doom Patrol
Valentina — fictional deity

What Valentinas become

Among 1,744 notable people named Valentina:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Valentina Borok, Ukrainian mathematician (1931–2004).

Similar names: Juliette · Valeria · Catalina · Elena · Liliana · Aurora

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