Velva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Velva

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,274 babies named Velva between 1888 and 1983, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 139 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velva performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 997 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Velva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 203 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Velva in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velva 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 4,274 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.