Veleka — girls' name
146 babies named Veleka in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
84% of everyone ever named Veleka was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Veleka in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Veleka
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Veleka between 1971 and 1981, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Veleka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Veleka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Veleka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Veleka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Veleka 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 146 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.
Veleka at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Veleka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1971
- Peak year (1978)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
146 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 32 births in a single year.
Veleka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 123 births that decade — 84% of Veleka's all-time total
Veleka decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Veleka's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 84% of all-time use.
Veleka by state
Where Veleka concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 146 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1971–1981 (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.