Vela — #5785 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Vela

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,065 babies named Vela between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vela currently holds the #5785 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vela performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Vela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Vela in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vela 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 1,065 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.