Velen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Velen

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Velen between 1980 and 2021, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Velen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Velen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velen 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 46 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.