Girls' name · since 1904
Velia
Velia has 2,831 recorded births since 1904 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,893 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,831
- born since 1904
- 1930s
- peak decade
Velia currently ranks #8893 among girls' names in America, with 2,831 babies recorded since 1904.
Velia has 2,831 recorded births among girls since 1904, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8893 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1904 to 2025.
- #3,739 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,893 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,831 born since 1904
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Velia ranks #3,739 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,893 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,831 born since 1904, peaking in the 1930s.
- #3,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,893 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,831
- born since 1904
- 1930s
- peak decade
Velia's 2,831 recorded births place it above 94.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Velia compares
2,831 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Velia's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Velia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,831 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 72 | 21 | 19,840 |
Velia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Velia's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 32% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 68%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1929 peak of 72, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Velia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–2025
- Peak year (1929)
- 72
- Annual births at peak, across 122 years of records
Velia by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (447 births, 16% of the file).
1930s was Velia's strongest decade.
447 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Velia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 20
1900s
20 births
- 1910s 158
1910s
158 births
- 1920s
1920s
419 births
- 1930s
1930s
447 births
- 1940s
1940s
370 births
- 1950s
1950s
386 births
- 1960s
1960s
241 births
- 1970s
1970s
279 births
- 1980s 166
1980s
166 births
- 1990s 142
1990s
142 births
- 2000s 80
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 69
2010s
69 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 447 births (16% of all-time use).
How Velia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Velia's total volume
Velia by state
Where Velia concentrates geographically, total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,042 | 36.8% |
| #2 | California | | 535 | 18.9% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 81 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 0.8% |
| #5 | New Mexico | | 17 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.2% |
1,042 of 2,831 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Velia's data
- Velia's decade-level peak was the 1930s (447 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Velias (1,042 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Velia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~121 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, 1904–2025 (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 Velia 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.