Valora

#8,322 in 2025Girls' name

Valuable

Valora has been given to 440 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #8,322 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1963, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Valora, 2025

1 in 255,000

Valora over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Valora: meaning, origin, and history

Valuable

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Valora means

Valora means “valuable”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 440 girls were recorded with the name Valora between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1963; its best national rank was #2,456 in 1920.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,019 in 2020 to #8,322 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #16,282 in 2015 to #8,322 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Valora?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 124,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,322; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Valora sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Valora. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Valoras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Valora was born before 1955 — so the typical Valora is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 16.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 274; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 16.8% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Valora rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,190; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,697; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +7,960; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 68.4%; Peak was 1963 (19)
Years since peak: 62; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,456; 1920

Spellings of Valora

Valora is not the most common spelling — Valeria is, with 26.6% against Valora's 0.15%.

Valeria26.6%80,052
Flora23.6%70,971
Lora17.4%52,235
Alora4.0%11,893
Paloma3.6%10,765
Amora3.1%9,416
Valery2.9%8,825
Elora2.9%8,811

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Valora around the world

Where Valora ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2024–2024
#5,892
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Valora by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,322
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,697
Best rank ever: #2,456; 1920
Peak year: 1963; 19 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 440
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Valora

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Valory Valena Valley Valera Valen Valyn Valynn Valina Vallery Valeda Velora Valli Eleora Valeska Sanora Allora Melora Jinora Valeri Camora Valisa Adaora Valor Vallee

Sibling names for Valora

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jonna Pennie Zina Johnna Mimi Andra Juli Lolita

For a brother

Deron Bernie Rob Tad Darron Berry Kelley Barton

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