Velda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Velda

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,559 babies named Velda between 1895 and 2020, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 191 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,678 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Velda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 413 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Velda in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velda 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 7,559 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.