Velvet
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,505
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 332 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,096since 1920
Velvet over time
Rank among girls' names. Velvet 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,769 | 62 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,623 | 69 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,781 | 57 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,447 | 71 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,161 | 93 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,292 | 85 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 63 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,142 | 86 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 | — | |
| 1964 | #982 | 117 | — | |
| 1963 | #878 | 143 | — | |
| 1962 | #623 | 261 | — | |
| 1961 | #541 | 332 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,286 | 73 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | — | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Velvet! It came in at #4,398, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1944, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Velvet is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#691 · 1 in 4,876
- North Carolina#722 · 1 in 6,572
- Texas#1,500 · 1 in 18,518
- California#1,517 · 1 in 18,148
Best ever in a state: #233 in North Carolina, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #691 | 6 | 1 in 4,876 |
| North Carolina | #722 | 5 | 1 in 6,572 |
| Texas | #1,500 | 6 | 1 in 18,518 |
| California | #1,517 | 9 | 1 in 18,148 |
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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 Velvet
- 584 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #8,362)
- 2,728 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #8,362)
- 6,120 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 745 spots in 1961 (#1,286 → #541)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1963 (#623 → #878)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1961 at #541 (332 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1961–1964
- Highest: 1 in 6,080 girls born in 1961 were named Velvet (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 40.6% of all girls named Velvet (1,257) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,398 (1920) | #4,398 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,332 (1945) | #2,047 |
| 1950s | 168 | #2,116 (1951) | #2,776 |
| 1960s | 1,257 | #541 (1961) | #1,143 |
| 1970s | 662 | #1,161 (1972) | #1,586 |
| 1980s | 401 | #1,769 (1982) | #2,653 |
| 1990s | 206 | #3,436 (1990) | #4,950 |
| 2000s | 110 | #6,956 (2001) | #9,781 |
| 2010s | 94 | #7,636 (2014) | #11,130 |
| 2020s | 73 | #6,984 (2022) | #8,577 |
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.
Velvet in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 23,265 of them was named Velvet, which outranked 86.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,605Nova70
- #1,605Piper70
- #1,605Shunta70
- #1,623Velvet69
- #1,623Amiee69
- #1,623Annalisa69
- #1,623Bethann69
- #1,645Alethea68
- #1,645Aubree68
- #1,645Cassondra68
Tied with 21 names at #1,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.