Velton — boys' name
603 babies named Velton in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Velton was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Velton in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Velton
The Social Security Administration has registered 603 babies named Velton between 1912 and 1993, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Velton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Velton performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Velton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Velton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Velton 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 603 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.
Velton at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Velton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1912
- Peak year (1931)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
603 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 18 births in a single year.
Velton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 113 births that decade — 19% of Velton's all-time total
Velton decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Velton's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Velton by state
Where Velton concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 603 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–1993 (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.