Unisex name · since 1902
Velmer
220 babies named Velmer in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 220
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Velmer is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 220 have been recorded since 1902.
Velmer has 220 recorded births among girls since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 1943.
- #18,865 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 220 born since 1902
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Velmer ranks #18,865 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 220 born since 1902, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 220
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Velmer's 220 recorded births place it above 73.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Velmer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Velmer's full recorded timeline at 1921, 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 1902, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Velmer popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–1943
- Peak year (1925)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Velmer popularity over time - boys
190 total births recorded since 1912 (Velmer as boys' name)
Velmer by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (84 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Velmer's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Velmer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 18
1900s
18 births
- 1910s
1910s
74 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s 32
1930s
32 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 84 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Velmer's data
- Velmer's decade-level peak was the 1920s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Velmer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1902–1943 (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 Velmer 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.