Velvet
#3,381 most common girls' name of all time · #5,764 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1920–2025
Rank among girls
#3,381
Rank overall
#5,764 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
3,101
Since 2016
112
Peak year
1961 #542
Best rank
#542 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 332/yr
Velvet first appears in 1920. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,428 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,039 |
| 2023 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,113 |
| 2022 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,040 |
| 2021 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,076 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,215 |
| 2019 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,190 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,648 |
| 2017 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,407 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,903 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,669 |
| 2014 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,704 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,287 |
| 2012 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,179 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,271 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,145 |
| 2009 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,571 |
| 2008 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,466 |
| 2007 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,603 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,751 |
| 2005 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,536 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,803 |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,765 |
| 2002 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,341 |
| 2001 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,016 |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,881 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,899 |
| 1998 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,168 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,448 |
| 1996 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,106 |
| 1995 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,549 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,287 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,710 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,730 |
| 1991 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,531 |
| 1990 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,460 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,711 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,999 |
| 1987 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,930 |
| 1986 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,925 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,623 |
| 1984 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,198 |
| 1983 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,144 |
| 1982 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,774 |
| 1981 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,241 |
| 1980 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,139 |
| 1979 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,626 |
| 1978 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,788 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,039 |
| 1976 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,120 |
| 1975 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,452 |
| 1974 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,434 |
| 1973 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,467 |
| 1972 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,166 |
| 1971 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,297 |
| 1970 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,555 |
| 1969 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,620 |
| 1968 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,844 |
| 1967 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,392 |
| 1966 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,148 |
| 1965 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 117 | — | 117 | #986 |
| 1963 | 143 | — | 143 | #880 |
| 1962 | 261 | — | 261 | #624 |
| 1961 | 332 | — | 332 | #542 |
| 1960 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,291 |
| 1959 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,720 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,059 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,225 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,667 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,037 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,098 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,479 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,557 |
| 1951 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,164 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,411 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,579 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,393 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,601 |
| 1946 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,553 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,349 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,969 |