Velia
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,831since 1904
Velia over time
Rank among girls' names. Velia has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #1,681 | 40 |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,339 | 48 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 |
| 1937 | #1,035 | 47 |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 |
| 1931 | #1,010 | 48 |
| 1930 | #916 | 63 |
| 1929 | #835 | 72 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 |
| 1927 | #1,000 | 58 |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,170 | 45 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Velia! It came in at #1,659, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1906, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Velia is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#333 · 1 in 2,414
- California#892 · 1 in 16,127
Best ever in a state: #140 in Arizona, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #333 | 38 | 1 in 2,414 |
| California | #892 | 7 | 1 in 16,127 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Velia
- 4,617 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #8,860)
- 3,282 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #8,860)
- 2,006 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #8,860)
- Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1929 (#1,147 → #835)
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1928 (#1,000 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1929 at #835 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1929–1930
- Highest: 1 in 15,508 girls born in 1929 were named Velia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.8% of all girls named Velia (447) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | #1,639 (1907) | #1,687 |
| 1910s | 158 | #1,385 (1914) | #1,659 |
| 1920s | 419 | #835 (1929) | #1,257 |
| 1930s | 447 | #916 (1930) | #1,072 |
| 1940s | 370 | #1,204 (1947) | #1,421 |
| 1950s | 386 | #1,333 (1950) | #1,698 |
| 1960s | 241 | #2,246 (1968) | #2,524 |
| 1970s | 279 | #2,001 (1971) | #2,786 |
| 1980s | 166 | #3,625 (1981) | #4,865 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,436 (1990) | #7,012 |
| 2000s | 80 | #7,500 (2005) | #10,694 |
| 2010s | 69 | #9,723 (2011) | #11,701 |
| 2020s | 54 | #8,055 (2023) | #10,737 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Velia in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 31,657 of them was named Velia, which outranked 80.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,193Philomena57
- #1,193Trina57
- #1,193Vernetta57
- #1,204Velia56
- #1,204Agatha56
- #1,204Augustine56
- #1,204Bernita56
- #1,217Delilah55
- #1,217Earlean55
- #1,217Edward55
Tied with 12 names at #1,204; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.