Boys' name · since 2006
Velan
21 babies named Velan in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,407 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Velan is the #11407 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 21 recorded since 2006.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Velan has been recorded 21 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #11407 nationally and more common than 18% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #28,875 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,407 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Velan ranks #28,875 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,407 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,407 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Velan's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Velan compares
21 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Velan's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Velan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Velan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Velan's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Velan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Velan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Velan's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Velan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Velan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Velan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.