Velita — girls' name
96 babies named Velita in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Velita was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Velita in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Velita
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Velita between 1947 and 1973, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Velita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Velita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Velita 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 96 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.
Velita at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Velita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1947
- Peak year (1968)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
96 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 12 births in a single year.
Velita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 52 births that decade — 54% of Velita's all-time total
Velita decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Velita's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1947–1973 (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.