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.

Velva

#2,730 most common girls' name of all time · #4,664 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–1983

Rank among girls
#2,730
Rank overall
#4,664 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
4,274
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #568
Best rank
#521 1913
Girls Boys peak 139/yr
19001920194019601980

Velva first appears in 1888. 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
1983 7 — 7 #8,106
1982 5 — 5 #10,603
1981 7 — 7 #8,193
1979 10 — 10 #6,235
1977 5 — 5 #9,753
1976 9 — 9 #6,093
1975 11 — 11 #5,199
1974 5 — 5 #8,854
1973 6 — 6 #7,505
1972 14 — 14 #4,111
1971 10 — 10 #5,175
1970 17 — 17 #3,593
1969 12 — 12 #4,229
1968 16 — 16 #3,331
1967 16 — 16 #3,230
1966 24 — 24 #2,469
1965 20 — 20 #2,759
1964 23 — 23 #2,616
1963 27 — 27 #2,315
1962 21 — 21 #2,685
1961 34 — 34 #2,012
1960 32 — 32 #2,025
1959 35 — 35 #1,894
1958 43 — 43 #1,635
1957 36 — 36 #1,817
1956 27 — 27 #2,112
1955 36 — 36 #1,745
1954 32 — 32 #1,845
1953 44 — 44 #1,479
1952 50 — 50 #1,375
1951 32 — 32 #1,715
1950 43 — 43 #1,404
1949 53 — 53 #1,255
1948 54 — 54 #1,242
1947 49 — 49 #1,309
1946 38 — 38 #1,428
1945 51 — 51 #1,106
1944 43 — 43 #1,214
1943 48 — 48 #1,175
1942 51 — 51 #1,105
1941 54 — 54 #999
1940 64 — 64 #898
1939 59 — 59 #921
1938 55 — 55 #960
1937 74 — 74 #799
1936 60 — 60 #882
1935 71 — 71 #811
1934 73 — 73 #789
1933 77 — 77 #754
1932 83 — 83 #742
1931 69 — 69 #826
1930 76 — 76 #815
1929 55 — 55 #977
1928 72 — 72 #859
1927 109 — 109 #701
1926 83 — 83 #798
1925 84 — 84 #814
1924 102 — 102 #731
1923 104 — 104 #717
1922 102 — 102 #721
1921 122 — 122 #671
1920 118 — 118 #670
1919 115 — 115 #648
1918 126 — 126 #631
1917 108 — 108 #656
1916 139 — 139 #568
1915 123 — 123 #588
1914 93 — 93 #593
1913 96 — 96 #521
1912 85 — 85 #529
1911 56 — 56 #578
1910 56 — 56 #548
1909 34 — 34 #689
1908 39 — 39 #616
1907 31 — 31 #691
1906 37 — 37 #593
1905 39 — 39 #563
1904 26 — 26 #697
1903 15 — 15 #924
1902 24 — 24 #714
1901 13 — 13 #951
1900 27 — 27 #704
1899 16 — 16 #834
1898 22 — 22 #718
1897 12 — 12 #976
1896 9 — 9 #1,194
1895 13 — 13 #929
1894 9 — 9 #1,120
1893 6 — 6 #1,383
1892 15 — 15 #795
1891 9 — 9 #1,000
1890 6 — 6 #1,300
1889 7 — 7 #1,126
1888 6 — 6 #1,274