Velva
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #8,047
- Peak · girls
- 1913 · 96 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,274since 1888
Velva over time
Rank among girls' names. Velva has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 |
| 1947 | #1,302 | 49 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,100 | 51 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 |
| 1942 | #1,101 | 51 |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 |
| 1940 | #894 | 64 |
| 1939 | #918 | 59 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 |
| 1937 | #796 | 74 |
| 1936 | #876 | 60 |
| 1935 | #805 | 71 |
| 1934 | #787 | 73 |
| 1933 | #751 | 77 |
| 1932 | #740 | 83 |
| 1931 | #819 | 69 |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 |
| 1928 | #854 | 72 |
| 1927 | #696 | 109 |
| 1926 | #796 | 83 |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 |
| 1924 | #731 | 102 |
| 1923 | #716 | 104 |
| 1922 | #720 | 102 |
| 1921 | #667 | 122 |
| 1920 | #665 | 118 |
| 1919 | #646 | 115 |
| 1918 | #629 | 126 |
| 1917 | #655 | 108 |
| 1916 | #567 | 139 |
| 1915 | #586 | 123 |
| 1914 | #590 | 93 |
| 1913 | #519 | 96 |
| 1912 | #525 | 85 |
| 1911 | #573 | 56 |
| 1910 | #543 | 56 |
| 1909 | #684 | 34 |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 |
| 1906 | #578 | 37 |
| 1905 | #556 | 39 |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 |
| 1899 | #814 | 16 |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Velva! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Velva is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#214 · 1 in 1,291
- Kentucky#268 · 1 in 1,931
- Kansas#328 · 1 in 2,577
- Iowa#346 · 1 in 3,423
- Arkansas#433 · 1 in 3,382
Best ever in a state: #154 in South Dakota, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #214 | 13 | 1 in 1,291 |
| Kentucky | #268 | 14 | 1 in 1,931 |
| Kansas | #328 | 6 | 1 in 2,577 |
| Iowa | #346 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Arkansas | #433 | 6 | 1 in 3,382 |
| Missouri | #457 | 6 | 1 in 4,827 |
| Ohio | #531 | 5 | 1 in 10,058 |
| Illinois | #564 | 6 | 1 in 9,492 |
| Pennsylvania | #584 | 6 | 1 in 15,531 |
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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 Velva
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #943)
- Biggest drop: 515 spots in 1893 (#762 → #1,277)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1913 at #519 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1897–1941
- Highest: 1 in 6,506 girls born in 1913 were named Velva (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 238,658 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
- 23.3% of all girls named Velva (997) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,081 |
| 1890s | 117 | #697 (1898) | #971 |
| 1900s | 285 | #556 (1905) | #697 |
| 1910s | 997 | #519 (1913) | #583 |
| 1920s | 951 | #665 (1920) | #762 |
| 1930s | 697 | #740 (1932) | #826 |
| 1940s | 505 | #894 (1940) | #1,167 |
| 1950s | 378 | #1,368 (1952) | #1,693 |
| 1960s | 225 | #2,004 (1961) | #2,751 |
| 1970s | 87 | #3,577 (1970) | #6,229 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,047 (1983) | #8,897 |
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.
Velva in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 9,827 of them was named Velva, which outranked 88.4% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).