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.

Velma

#413 most common girls' name of all time · #755 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#413
Rank overall
#755 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
87,202
Since 2016
161
Peak year
1921 #108
Best rank
#88 1912
Girls Boys peak 2,613/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Velma is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 21 — 21 #5,725
2024 13 — 13 #7,969
2023 22 — 22 #5,551
2022 25 — 25 #5,175
2021 15 — 15 #7,251
2020 15 — 15 #7,213
2019 14 — 14 #7,721
2018 21 — 21 #5,786
2017 8 — 8 #11,617
2016 7 — 7 #12,878
2015 6 — 6 #14,485
2014 13 — 13 #8,486
2013 9 — 9 #11,006
2012 5 — 5 #16,873
2011 15 — 15 #7,785
2010 9 — 9 #11,250
2009 10 — 10 #10,683
2008 6 — 6 #15,412
2007 5 — 5 #17,644
2006 9 — 9 #11,422
2005 7 — 7 #13,015
2004 14 — 14 #7,832
2003 11 — 11 #9,053
2002 14 — 14 #7,446
2001 9 — 9 #10,111
2000 12 — 12 #8,031
1999 12 — 12 #7,720
1998 16 — 16 #6,077
1997 11 — 11 #7,745
1996 12 — 12 #7,134
1995 13 — 13 #6,646
1994 19 — 19 #5,018
1993 20 — 20 #4,827
1992 15 — 15 #6,009
1991 40 — 40 #2,888
1990 33 — 33 #3,298
1989 32 — 32 #3,256
1988 37 — 37 #2,806
1987 41 — 41 #2,493
1986 43 — 43 #2,345
1985 35 — 35 #2,708
1984 50 — 50 #2,019
1983 55 — 55 #1,888
1982 58 — 58 #1,851
1981 83 — 83 #1,455
1980 78 — 78 #1,518
1979 78 — 78 #1,503
1978 83 — 83 #1,397
1977 76 — 76 #1,451
1976 95 — 95 #1,192
1975 93 — 93 #1,230
1974 110 — 110 #1,070
1973 131 — 131 #933
1972 120 — 120 #994
1971 167 — 167 #828
1970 181 — 181 #781
1969 191 — 191 #731
1968 222 — 222 #651
1967 273 — 273 #577
1966 299 — 299 #546
1965 362 — 362 #500
1964 395 — 395 #487
1963 407 — 407 #479
1962 464 — 464 #445
1961 524 — 524 #428
1960 559 — 559 #407
1959 550 — 550 #400
1958 502 — 502 #416
1957 668 — 668 #352
1956 692 — 692 #332
1955 634 10 644 #338
1954 749 5 754 #309
1953 737 — 737 #304
1952 706 — 706 #300
1951 798 — 798 #277
1950 825 — 825 #267
1949 798 6 804 #272
1948 871 — 871 #254
1947 848 — 848 #260
1946 875 6 881 #242
1945 861 7 868 #223
1944 935 11 946 #211
1943 1,046 — 1,046 #201
1942 1,052 — 1,052 #196
1941 1,000 — 1,000 #188
1940 986 8 994 #188
1939 1,068 5 1,073 #178
1938 1,160 10 1,170 #174
1937 1,218 5 1,223 #164
1936 1,180 11 1,191 #167
1935 1,352 13 1,365 #147
1934 1,426 9 1,435 #144
1933 1,481 8 1,489 #137
1932 1,689 23 1,712 #133
1931 1,758 10 1,768 #131
1930 1,918 15 1,933 #127
1929 1,930 14 1,944 #128
1928 2,290 13 2,303 #114
1927 2,285 11 2,296 #118
1926 2,120 18 2,138 #124
1925 2,177 22 2,199 #128
1924 2,272 20 2,292 #123
1923 2,337 12 2,349 #116
1922 2,367 10 2,377 #113
1921 2,606 7 2,613 #108
1920 2,491 18 2,509 #105
1919 2,341 22 2,363 #104
1918 2,439 13 2,452 #103
1917 2,411 11 2,422 #99
1916 2,319 11 2,330 #99
1915 2,287 12 2,299 #94
1914 1,795 8 1,803 #92
1913 1,556 14 1,570 #89
1912 1,403 5 1,408 #88
1911 1,045 8 1,053 #90
1910 1,035 8 1,043 #90
1909 857 8 865 #92
1908 860 6 866 #90
1907 854 6 860 #90
1906 721 — 721 #94
1905 722 — 722 #95
1904 615 6 621 #101
1903 589 — 589 #99
1902 526 — 526 #113
1901 388 5 393 #130
1900 426 — 426 #141
1899 334 — 334 #139
1898 331 — 331 #152
1897 280 — 280 #160
1896 249 — 249 #174
1895 208 — 208 #189
1894 196 — 196 #190
1893 156 — 156 #202
1892 146 — 146 #212
1891 103 — 103 #237
1890 96 — 96 #257
1889 72 — 72 #281
1888 67 — 67 #287
1887 59 — 59 #276
1886 33 — 33 #375
1885 32 — 32 #363
1884 18 — 18 #481
1883 25 — 25 #373
1882 17 — 17 #447
1881 19 — 19 #391
1880 16 — 16 #434