Velicia — girls' name
240 babies named Velicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Velicia was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Velicia in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Velicia
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Velicia between 1960 and 1999, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velicia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Velicia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Velicia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Velicia 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 240 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.
Velicia at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Velicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1960
- Peak year (1971)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
240 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 20 births in a single year.
Velicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 100 births that decade — 42% of Velicia's all-time total
Velicia decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Velicia's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1960–1999 (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.