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.

Velissa

#33,906 most common girls' name of all time · #54,577 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1965–1985

Rank among girls
#33,906
Rank overall
#54,577 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
42
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1968 #6,870
Best rank
#6,870 1968
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
1980

Velissa first appears in 1965. 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
1985 5 — 5 #11,290
1981 5 — 5 #11,100
1978 5 — 5 #10,441
1973 6 — 6 #7,991
1971 5 — 5 #9,064
1970 5 — 5 #8,819
1968 6 — 6 #6,870
1965 5 — 5 #7,528