Vela
#6,702 most common girls' name of all time · #11,277 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–2025
Rank among girls
#6,702
Rank overall
#11,277 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,082
Since 2016
197
Peak year
1915 #1,106
Best rank
#957 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Vela first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,561 |
| 2024 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,809 |
| 2023 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,006 |
| 2022 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,715 |
| 2021 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,841 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2019 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,429 |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,025 |
| 2017 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,112 |
| 2016 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,457 |
| 2015 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,852 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,318 |
| 2013 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,056 |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,465 |
| 2011 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,169 |
| 2010 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,903 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,378 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,973 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,200 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,098 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,881 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,083 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,972 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,360 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,760 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,641 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,451 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,367 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,756 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,380 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,753 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,487 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,103 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,272 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,500 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,040 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,953 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,969 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,524 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,487 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,727 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,201 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,231 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,442 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,333 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,234 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,190 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,053 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,050 |
| 1926 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,147 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,950 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,698 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,138 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,427 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,843 |
| 1919 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,546 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,839 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,041 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1915 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,106 |
| 1914 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,251 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,501 |
| 1912 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,450 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,342 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,307 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,134 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,180 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,182 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,640 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | 16 | #957 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,155 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,388 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,388 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,308 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,214 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,712 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,152 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,236 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,688 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,697 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,596 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,548 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,472 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,273 |