Fun Facts About the Name Valente
- More than 1 thousand babies named Valente: U.S. records list 1,930 babies given the name Valente from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Valente Mean?
Valente goes back to the Latin valens (genitive valentis), the present participle of the verb valere, "to be strong, to be well." Its literal sense is therefore "strong, healthy, vigorous."
From that core meaning, the word developed related senses in the Romance languages. In Italian, valente also came to mean "capable, able, skilled"; in Portuguese, valente means "brave, valiant" (the Spanish form is valiente). These senses grow out of the same root rather than representing separate origins.
Valente is not the same name as Valentine or Valentino. Both families trace back to valere, but Valente continues the Latin personal name Valens, while Valentine and Valentino continue Valentinus, a derivative built on the same root. The two lines are related in etymology but distinct in form.
Valente Name History & Origins
Valens was used in Rome as a cognomen, a third name attached to a family branch. The best-known ancient bearer is the emperor Flavius Valens, who ruled the eastern half of the empire from 364 until his death in 378. The name also appears among early Christian clergy, including a fourth-century bishop named Valens.
As Latin gave way to the Romance languages, Valens took the forms Valente in Italian and Portuguese (and Valiente in Spanish). In Italy and in Portugal and Brazil, Valente is found far more often today as a surname than as a first name, though it is also used as a masculine given name in those regions. The first-name use and the surname use grew from the same medieval habit of naming people after a saint, a parent, or a personal quality.
In the Portuguese-speaking world the given name shares its form with an everyday adjective, so a child named Valente carries the ordinary word for "brave" as much as an inherited personal name. Italian use of Valente as a first name is comparatively modest and has never been common on the scale of names such as Giovanni or Giuseppe.
How Popular is the Name Valente?
Valente has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #1,931 in 1993.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,843 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2024 | #3,965 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #3,790 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #3,763 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #3,573 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #4,008 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #4,622 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #3,697 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #3,881 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #3,518 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2015 | #3,873 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #3,608 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #4,605 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #4,124 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #3,424 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #3,011 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #2,698 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #2,626 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #2,279 | 58 | 0.0028% |
| 2006 | #2,280 | 56 | 0.0027% |
| 2005 | #3,086 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2004 | #2,880 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2003 | #3,041 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2002 | #2,750 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2001 | #2,861 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2000 | #2,524 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 1999 | #2,858 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #2,548 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #2,341 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1996 | #2,181 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1995 | #2,551 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1994 | #2,391 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1993 | #1,931 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #2,463 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1991 | #2,466 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #2,045 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 1989 | #3,202 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #2,594 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #2,267 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #3,434 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #2,502 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #2,817 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #2,405 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1982 | #2,702 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #3,403 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #2,822 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1979 | #2,044 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1978 | #2,274 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #2,900 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1976 | #2,816 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1975 | #2,893 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #2,712 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #2,984 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #2,807 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #3,505 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #3,095 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #3,951 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #3,523 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #2,071 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1964 | #2,839 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #4,026 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #3,619 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #2,887 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #3,065 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #3,916 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #4,427 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #2,747 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #4,331 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #2,522 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1952 | #2,149 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1951 | #2,840 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #3,007 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,280 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #2,995 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #2,661 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #3,152 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #2,735 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1944 | #3,407 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,554 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1942 | #3,537 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,116 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1940 | #3,907 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1938 | #2,852 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #2,895 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #2,024 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1934 | #4,167 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #3,614 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #4,242 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #2,459 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1930 | #2,598 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #3,534 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #3,338 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #4,185 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #3,684 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #3,133 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1924 | #2,462 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1923 | #2,762 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1921 | #4,289 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,764 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #4,485 | 5 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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