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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

ValerieIn Hebrew: ואלרי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Valerie (Hebrew: ואלרי) is a unisex name of international origin. 149 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1965, with 8 babies.

People in Israel
149
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1965
8 babies
USA, 2025
2,221
rank #127

Writing and saying Valerie

In Hebrew letters the name is ואלרי, read right to left. Valerie is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Valerie by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Valerie: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Valerie in English-speaking countries

Valerie in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,221#1271959 (7,302)
United Kingdom202559#6812024 (64)
England and Wales202554#6842024 (60)
Scotland20255#5391974 (74)
British Columbia202319#1561959 (151)
Alberta202518#2501983 (32)
Quebec20255#7731981 (1,098)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Valerie has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Valerie

How do you write Valerie in Hebrew?

Valerie is written ואלרי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Valerie?

149 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ואלרי: 97 women and 52 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

Both. In Israel 65% of the people named ואלרי are women and 35% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Valerie used outside Israel?

The name Valerie appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,221 girls were given it in 2025 (#127), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 59 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.