boy's name
Valentino
val-en-TEE-no
- Origin Latin
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 4
- Letters 9
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 15,133
the United States
#444
2025 births
Valentino is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy". It comes from valens, the same root as valiant and value, and it belongs to the saint whose feast day became Valentine's Day.
- Valentino is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 710 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,670 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1910.
- 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.
Valentino over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 114 |
| 1920s | 409 |
| 1930s | 233 |
| 1940s | 177 |
| 1950s | 300 |
| 1960s | 357 |
| 1970s | 384 |
| 1980s | 567 |
| 1990s | 767 |
| 2000s | 1,525 |
| 2010s | 3,442 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,509 |
What Valentino means
Valentino means strong or in good health, from the Latin valere, to be strong or to be worth. The root is about capacity rather than force, which is why it also produced value and convalesce.
Where Valentino comes from
Valentino is the Italian form of Valentinus, from valens, strong or healthy, from valere, to be strong — the root behind valiant, valid, value and convalesce. Saint Valentine was a third-century Roman martyr about whom almost nothing is reliably known; the association with romantic love appears only in the fourteenth century, in Chaucer, and there is no early evidence connecting the historical figure to courtship at all. Rudolph Valentino, born Rodolfo Guglielmi, made the name a byword for romantic glamour in the 1920s. It appears in our records from 1910 and reached its highest use in 2025.
Valentino in use
Valentino charts in only four of the seven countries we track and reached its highest recorded use in 2025.
How popular is Valentino?
In 2025, Valentino was given to 710 babies in the United States, ranking #444 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Valentino is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Valentino
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Valentino also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Valentino over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Valentino
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Valentino in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Valentino
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Valentino — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Valentino
What does the name Valentino mean?
Strong or healthy, from the Latin valens — the root of valiant, valid and value.
Is Valentino connected to Valentine's Day?
Through the saint, yes — though the romantic association appears only in Chaucer in the fourteenth century, with no early link to the historical martyr.
What is short for Valentino?
Val and Tino are both used.
How popular is the name Valentino?
In 2025, Valentino was given to 710 babies in the United States, ranking #444 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Valentino a girl's or a boy's name?
Valentino is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Valentino?
Valentino has 4 syllables.
When was Valentino most popular?
Valentino peaked in 2025, when 710 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Valentino?
Valentino is usually shortened to Val and Tino.
Is Valentino a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Valentino currently ranks #444 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.