Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Velda

#1,919 most common girls' name of all time · #3,293 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1895–2020

Rank among girls
#1,919
Rank overall
#3,293 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
7,559
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1920 #502
Best rank
#474 1914
Girls Boys peak 191/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Velda first appears in 1895. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 5 — 5 #15,179
2011 5 — 5 #16,862
2003 7 — 7 #12,469
1999 5 — 5 #14,497
1993 5 — 5 #13,550
1989 7 — 7 #9,758
1988 7 — 7 #9,312
1987 11 — 11 #6,375
1986 10 — 10 #6,658
1985 13 — 13 #5,387
1983 7 — 7 #8,128
1982 13 — 13 #5,244
1981 13 — 13 #5,301
1980 14 — 14 #5,009
1979 16 — 16 #4,445
1978 15 — 15 #4,486
1977 10 — 10 #5,939
1976 15 — 15 #4,184
1975 21 — 21 #3,283
1974 10 — 10 #5,418
1973 22 — 22 #3,041
1972 15 — 15 #3,933
1971 32 — 32 #2,386
1970 29 — 29 #2,538
1969 27 — 27 #2,531
1968 28 — 28 #2,315
1967 35 — 35 #1,987
1966 38 — 38 #1,864
1965 52 — 52 #1,549
1964 57 — 57 #1,508
1963 64 — 64 #1,395
1962 76 — 76 #1,272
1961 87 — 87 #1,186
1960 118 — 118 #990
1959 135 — 135 #896
1958 126 — 126 #918
1957 139 — 139 #863
1956 156 — 156 #794
1955 164 — 164 #742
1954 130 — 130 #825
1953 125 — 125 #830
1952 104 — 104 #909
1951 92 — 92 #971
1950 89 — 89 #953
1949 66 — 66 #1,114
1948 89 — 89 #921
1947 94 — 94 #919
1946 78 — 78 #942
1945 76 — 76 #865
1944 71 — 71 #911
1943 102 — 102 #772
1942 105 — 105 #735
1941 98 — 98 #709
1940 103 — 103 #684
1939 116 — 116 #631
1938 126 — 126 #610
1937 152 — 152 #542
1936 131 — 131 #577
1935 142 — 142 #539
1934 129 — 129 #566
1933 169 — 169 #489
1932 154 — 154 #531
1931 160 — 160 #519
1930 160 — 160 #537
1929 161 — 161 #536
1928 175 — 175 #526
1927 176 — 176 #537
1926 141 — 141 #598
1925 191 — 191 #509
1924 155 — 155 #596
1923 180 — 180 #528
1922 131 — 131 #643
1921 177 — 177 #538
1920 191 — 191 #502
1919 168 — 168 #530
1918 175 — 175 #528
1917 144 — 144 #566
1916 125 — 125 #604
1915 153 — 153 #502
1914 135 — 135 #474
1913 74 — 74 #605
1912 70 — 70 #581
1911 38 — 38 #713
1910 47 — 47 #619
1909 34 — 34 #690
1908 35 — 35 #662
1907 31 — 31 #693
1906 28 — 28 #706
1905 24 — 24 #760
1904 19 — 19 #851
1903 24 — 24 #694
1902 13 — 13 #1,023
1901 20 — 20 #746
1900 14 — 14 #1,048
1899 15 — 15 #877
1897 6 — 6 #1,523
1896 13 — 13 #949
1895 6 — 6 #1,588