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.

Velia

#3,575 most common girls' name of all time · #6,114 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1904–2025

Rank among girls
#3,575
Rank overall
#6,114 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
2,831
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1929 #841
Best rank
#841 1929
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
192019401960198020002020

Velia first appears in 1904. 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
2025 11 — 11 #8,898
2024 6 — 6 #13,567
2023 13 — 13 #8,088
2022 10 — 10 #9,733
2021 7 — 7 #12,282
2020 7 — 7 #12,234
2019 10 — 10 #9,797
2016 5 — 5 #16,329
2015 9 — 9 #10,924
2014 8 — 8 #11,987
2013 7 — 7 #13,219
2012 8 — 8 #12,272
2011 11 — 11 #9,760
2010 11 — 11 #9,831
2007 12 — 12 #9,573
2006 5 — 5 #17,287
2005 15 — 15 #7,529
2004 8 — 8 #11,693
2003 13 — 13 #8,037
2002 6 — 6 #13,681
2001 9 — 9 #10,169
2000 12 — 12 #8,077
1999 9 — 9 #9,544
1998 10 — 10 #8,633
1997 9 — 9 #9,083
1996 16 — 16 #5,809
1995 16 — 16 #5,719
1994 16 — 16 #5,761
1993 10 — 10 #8,122
1992 9 — 9 #8,797
1991 16 — 16 #5,702
1990 31 — 31 #3,451
1989 11 — 11 #7,009
1988 10 — 10 #7,170
1987 17 — 17 #4,685
1986 12 — 12 #5,804
1985 18 — 18 #4,309
1984 20 — 20 #3,890
1983 14 — 14 #4,922
1982 22 — 22 #3,676
1981 22 — 22 #3,638
1980 20 — 20 #3,875
1979 20 — 20 #3,794
1978 23 — 23 #3,302
1977 25 — 25 #3,101
1976 30 — 30 #2,613
1975 29 — 29 #2,628
1974 32 — 32 #2,402
1973 27 — 27 #2,644
1972 29 — 29 #2,465
1971 42 — 42 #2,017
1970 22 — 22 #3,050
1969 29 — 29 #2,413
1968 29 — 29 #2,262
1967 19 — 19 #2,900
1966 27 — 27 #2,321
1965 18 — 18 #2,969
1964 23 — 23 #2,622
1963 22 — 22 #2,657
1962 22 — 22 #2,626
1961 25 — 25 #2,430
1960 27 — 27 #2,266
1959 21 — 21 #2,545
1958 30 — 30 #2,042
1957 32 — 32 #1,940
1956 40 — 40 #1,686
1955 49 — 49 #1,449
1954 46 — 46 #1,489
1953 37 — 37 #1,633
1952 36 — 36 #1,626
1951 48 — 48 #1,348
1950 47 — 47 #1,340
1949 43 — 43 #1,418
1948 44 — 44 #1,399
1947 56 — 56 #1,214
1946 41 — 41 #1,373
1945 18 — 18 #2,028
1944 39 — 39 #1,288
1943 37 — 37 #1,354
1942 29 — 29 #1,550
1941 28 — 28 #1,492
1940 35 — 35 #1,257
1939 40 — 40 #1,156
1938 47 — 47 #1,052
1937 47 — 47 #1,044
1936 41 — 41 #1,111
1935 32 — 32 #1,293
1934 47 — 47 #1,015
1933 41 — 41 #1,098
1932 41 — 41 #1,125
1931 48 — 48 #1,018
1930 63 — 63 #925
1929 72 — 72 #841
1928 44 — 44 #1,161
1927 58 — 58 #1,007
1926 40 — 40 #1,235
1925 33 — 33 #1,436
1924 45 — 45 #1,183
1923 28 — 28 #1,592
1922 38 — 38 #1,280
1921 36 — 36 #1,331
1920 25 — 25 #1,698
1919 23 — 23 #1,730
1918 20 — 20 #1,941
1917 22 — 22 #1,696
1916 23 — 23 #1,623
1915 17 — 17 #1,948
1914 21 — 21 #1,437
1913 11 — 11 #2,010
1911 10 — 10 #1,647
1910 11 — 11 #1,513
1909 7 — 7 #1,925
1907 7 — 7 #1,805
1904 6 — 6 #1,874