Velia — #13492 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Velia

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,819 babies named Velia between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velia currently holds the #13492 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velia performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Velia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,037 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Velia in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velia 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 2,819 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.