boy's name

Valerio

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,151

Valerio is a boy's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2020, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 39,300 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1923.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Valerio over time

Births per decade in France, 1920s 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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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Valerio by decade in France
Decade Births
1920s 35
1930s 20
1940s 5
1950s 20
1960s 75
1970s 50
1980s 45
1990s 35
2000s 65
2010s 75
2020s (to 2025) 160

How popular is Valerio?

In 2025, Valerio was given to 15 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Valerio is used

France #2,007 20 in 2025
Canada #2,855 6 in 2023
England & Wales #3,413 6 in 2025
United States #5,260 18 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Valerio is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Valério Valério is a rare spelling of Valerio, written with an acute accent and recorded about 75 times, mostly in France. 75

Names that peaked alongside Valerio

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Valerio also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Valerio over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Valerio 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.

Bulgarian
Valeri
Catalan
Valeri

Sibling names for Valerio

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Valerio — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Valerio

How popular is the name Valerio?

In 2025, Valerio was given to 15 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Valerio a girl's or a boy's name?

Valerio is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Valerio?

Valerio has 4 syllables.

When was Valerio most popular?

Valerio peaked in 2020, when 30 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Valerio a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Valerio currently ranks #2,007 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.