Velna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Velna

The Social Security Administration has registered 558 babies named Velna between 1900 and 1956, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velna performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Velna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Velna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velna 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 558 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.