Valeriano
Valeriano may refer to the following peopleGiven nameValeriano Abello (1913–2000), Filipino scout during World War II Valeriano Bécquer (1833–1870), Spanish painter and graphic artist Valeriano López (1926–1993), Peruvian football forward Valeriano Nchama, Equatoguinean football midfielder Valeriano Orobón Fernández (1901–1936), Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theoretician, trade-union activist,…
- Italian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Valeriano
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Valeriano may refer to the following peopleGiven nameValeriano Abello (1913–2000), Filipino scout during World War II Valeriano Bécquer (1833–1870), Spanish painter and graphic artist Valeriano López (1926–1993), Peruvian football forward Valeriano Nchama, Equatoguinean football midfielder Valeriano Orobón Fernández (1901–1936), Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theoretician, trade-union activist,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
The Story of Valeriano
Valeriano first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1928, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1928: 8 births, good for #3,076 nationwide. About 21% of every Valeriano on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Valeriano last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 121 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Valeriano
Valeriano is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 121 births in the dataset. Valeriano's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #3,076. Use the chart and map above to compare Valeriano's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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