Velecia — girls' name
77 babies named Velecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Velecia was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Velecia in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Velecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Velecia between 1957 and 1975, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Velecia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Velecia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Velecia 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 77 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.
Velecia at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Velecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1957
- Peak year (1964)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
77 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 12 births in a single year.
Velecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 43 births that decade — 56% of Velecia's all-time total
Velecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Velecia's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1957–1975 (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.