Girls' name · since 1942
Veletta
57 babies named Veletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
57 girls have been named Veletta since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Veletta has 57 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1964.
- #33,578 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veletta ranks #33,578 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #33,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Veletta's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Veletta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Veletta splits its recorded history at 1958: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1942 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Veletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1964
- Peak year (1942)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Veletta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (28 births, 49% of the file).
1950s was Veletta's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Veletta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
14 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 28 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Veletta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 1960s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Veletta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1942)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1942–1964 (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 Veletta 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.