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.

Velinda

#7,593 most common girls' name of all time · #12,728 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1942–2022

Rank among girls
#7,593
Rank overall
#12,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
896
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1958 #1,604
Best rank
#1,583 1954
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
1960198020002020

Velinda first appears in 1942. 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
2022 5 5 #15,609
2015 5 5 #16,738
2014 5 5 #16,849
2010 5 5 #17,268
2009 7 7 #13,904
2008 6 6 #15,655
2007 13 13 #9,093
2006 7 7 #13,800
2005 10 10 #10,262
2002 6 6 #13,836
1995 7 7 #10,738
1994 7 7 #10,818
1993 5 5 #13,817
1992 7 7 #10,690
1991 7 7 #10,508
1990 5 5 #13,313
1989 11 11 #7,089
1987 7 7 #9,031
1986 6 6 #9,855
1985 9 9 #7,110
1984 6 6 #9,415
1983 7 7 #8,281
1981 7 7 #8,364
1980 8 8 #7,624
1979 8 8 #7,510
1978 9 9 #6,566
1977 10 10 #6,025
1976 9 9 #6,239
1975 8 8 #6,702
1974 10 10 #5,531
1973 10 10 #5,331
1972 12 12 #4,641
1971 21 21 #3,220
1970 15 15 #3,950
1969 15 15 #3,704
1968 12 12 #4,116
1967 7 7 #5,729
1966 28 28 #2,288
1965 20 20 #2,801
1964 24 24 #2,582
1963 23 23 #2,594
1962 31 31 #2,153
1961 37 37 #1,915
1960 34 34 #1,979
1959 28 28 #2,184
1958 45 45 #1,604
1957 35 35 #1,863
1956 33 33 #1,895
1955 33 33 #1,869
1954 42 42 #1,583
1953 25 25 #2,119
1952 25 25 #2,070
1951 30 30 #1,803
1950 24 24 #1,999
1949 21 21 #2,211
1948 8 8 #4,157
1947 9 9 #3,969
1946 6 6 #4,850
1945 9 9 #3,373
1943 7 7 #4,177
1942 5 5 #5,375