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Valery

“Variant of Valerius — strong, healthy (Latin valere)” — Latin (via Valerius) origin

Girl's name · #743 in the US (2025) · Trending

Valery has appeared in US records since 1920 — best rank #716 (2006) · 8,825 babies named Valery all-time · 1 in 4,300 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Valerys

• Valery Ortiz — Puerto Rican actress
• Valery Kaufman — Russian model
• Valery Troitskaya — Russian geophysicist (1917–2010)
• Valery Vigilucci — Italian association football player
• Valery Giroux — Canadian philosopher (born 1974)

What Valerys become

Among 1,162 notable people named Valery:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Valery Giroux, Canadian philosopher (born 1974).

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