girl's name

Valora

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 443

Valora is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1963, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1960s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.

Valora 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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Births named Valora by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 36
1920s 66
1930s 33
1940s 31
1950s 74
1960s 58
1970s 5
2000s 22
2010s 58
2020s (to 2025) 57

How popular is Valora?

In 2025, Valora was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Valora is used

England & Wales #7,303 3 in 2024
United States #8,223 13 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.

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 Valora

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

Parents who like Valora also like

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

Sibling names for Valora

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

Common questions about Valora

How popular is the name Valora?

In 2025, Valora was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Valora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Valora most popular?

Valora peaked in 1963, when 19 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1960s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Valora a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Valora currently ranks #8,223 in the United States. After peaking in the 1960s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.