Velvet — #8995 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Velvet

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,083 babies named Velvet between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Velvet currently holds the #8995 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 332 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Velvet performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Velvet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 211 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Velvet in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Velvet 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 3,083 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.