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Val
The name Val carries the meaning "To be strong or strong, healthy". It belongs mostly to the 1950s at this point. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. The registry counts around 7,246 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
EtymologyShort for Valerie/Valentine
Etymology"To be strong" or "strong, healthy"
Births by decade
1900s
65
1910s
306
1920s
547
1930s
868
1940s
1,169
1950s
2,179
1960s
1,218
1970s
404
1980s
158
1990s
151
2000s
119
2010s
62
Peaked in the 1950s · 7,246 total U.S. births since 1900