Girls' name · since 1938
Velmarie
11 babies named Velmarie in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #54,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1938
- 1940s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Velmarie since 1938, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Velmarie has been recorded 11 times among girls since 1938, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1940.
- #54,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1938
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Velmarie ranks #54,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1938, peaking in the 1940s.
- #54,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1938
- 1940s
- peak decade
Velmarie's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Velmarie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Velmarie's full recorded timeline at 1940, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1940 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Velmarie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1940
- Peak year (1940)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1940.
11 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 6 births in a single year.
Velmarie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1940s was Velmarie's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Velmarie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
Velmarie decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Velmarie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1938–1940 (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 Velmarie 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.
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