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.

Velora

#11,655 most common girls' name of all time · #19,343 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1899–2025

Rank among girls
#11,655
Rank overall
#19,343 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
455
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1918 #1,796
Best rank
#1,796 1918
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Velora first appears in 1899. 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 6 — 6 #13,276
2022 7 — 7 #12,299
2021 7 — 7 #12,275
1971 5 — 5 #8,454
1964 5 — 5 #6,896
1959 5 — 5 #6,377
1958 6 — 6 #5,527
1957 6 — 6 #5,494
1956 5 — 5 #6,116
1954 5 — 5 #5,886
1950 6 — 6 #4,852
1949 7 — 7 #4,321
1948 13 — 13 #2,884
1947 6 — 6 #4,865
1946 6 — 6 #4,535
1945 5 — 5 #4,718
1944 6 — 6 #4,189
1943 11 — 11 #2,931
1941 7 — 7 #3,676
1939 5 — 5 #4,422
1938 8 — 8 #3,272
1937 5 — 5 #4,429
1936 10 — 10 #2,750
1935 13 — 13 #2,359
1934 11 — 11 #2,641
1933 8 — 8 #3,229
1931 7 — 7 #3,605
1930 9 — 9 #3,166
1929 14 — 14 #2,372
1928 10 — 10 #3,029
1927 14 — 14 #2,502
1926 13 — 13 #2,635
1925 16 — 16 #2,333
1924 18 — 18 #2,184
1923 15 — 15 #2,422
1922 13 — 13 #2,694
1921 19 — 19 #2,084
1920 17 — 17 #2,228
1919 16 — 16 #2,214
1918 22 — 22 #1,796
1917 17 — 17 #2,062
1916 11 — 11 #2,745
1915 7 — 7 #3,565
1914 6 — 6 #3,341
1913 6 — 6 #2,986
1910 5 — 5 #2,594
1908 5 — 5 #2,289
1900 6 — 6 #1,889
1899 5 — 5 #1,837