Velta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Velta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,113 babies named Velta between 1899 and 1969, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 303 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Velta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Velta in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velta 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 1,113 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.