Velina

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1957 · 31 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
375
since 1922

Velina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Velina has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,957, 1957girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#15,0885
2019
2018#15,6825
2017
2016
2015#16,4195
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010#14,9596
2009
2008
2007#15,4916
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1992#11,7386
1991
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1986
1985#10,6775
1984
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1977
1976#9,2845
1975
1974#7,6806
1973#6,0808
1972
1971
1970#7,0706
1969
1968#4,00012
1967#5,4577
1966#4,4939
1965#3,26415
1964#2,60023
1963#2,48924
1962#2,74120
1961#2,35926
1960#2,64921
1959#2,98016
1958#2,20926
1957#1,95731
1956#2,62219
1955#3,22513
1954#3,49011
1953#3,9559
1952#5,5635
1951#3,48210
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1930#4,5505
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1922#5,0095
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five girls were named Velina! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Velina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088#14,942)
  • 1,477 spots since 2015 (#16,419#14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1957 at #1,957 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 65,963
  • Highest: 1 in 65,963 girls born in 1957 were named Velina (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 41.9% of all girls named Velina (157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#5,009 (1922)#5,009
1930s5#4,550 (1930)#4,550
1940s0
1950s140#1,957 (1957)#3,276
1960s157#2,359 (1961)#3,339
1970s25#6,080 (1973)#7,529
1980s5#10,677 (1985)#10,677
1990s6#11,738 (1992)#11,738
2000s6#15,491 (2007)#15,491
2010s16#14,959 (2010)#15,687
2020s10#14,942 (2025)#15,015

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.

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