Vaela — #7914 US girls' name
48 babies named Vaela in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
90% of everyone ever named Vaela was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Vaela in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vaela
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Vaela between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vaela currently holds the #7914 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vaela performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vaela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vaela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vaela at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Vaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #7914 among girls.
48 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 14 births in a single year.
Vaela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 43 births that decade — 90% of Vaela's all-time total
Vaela decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Vaela's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2019–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.