Velva
Velva is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 521st, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1916139 births
- Best rank
- #521in 1913
- Since 1888
- 4,274people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,274 girls have been named Velva in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 139 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 139 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1910s alone account for 23%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Velva | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | |
| 1890s | 117 | |
| 1900s | 285 | |
| 1910s | 997 | |
| 1920s | 951 | |
| 1930s | 697 | |
| 1940s | 505 | |
| 1950s | 378 | |
| 1960s | 225 | |
| 1970s | 87 | |
| 1980s | 19 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Velva was the 568th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Velva
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Velmapeak 1921
- Garnetpeak 1918
- Versiepeak 1914
- Maurinepeak 1917
- Rubyepeak 1919
- Corenepeak 1922
- Elnapeak 1917
- Jewellpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.