Velia
Velia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 840th, in 1929.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192972 births
- Best rank
- #840in 1929
- Since 1904
- 2,819people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,819 girls have been named Velia in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 72 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1930s alone account for 16%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Velia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 158 | |
| 1920s | 419 | |
| 1930s | 447 | |
| 1940s | 370 | |
| 1950s | 386 | |
| 1960s | 241 | |
| 1970s | 279 | |
| 1980s | 165 | |
| 1990s | 142 | |
| 2000s | 80 | |
| 2010s | 69 | |
| 2020s | 43 |
In 1929, its biggest year
Velia was the 840th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1929 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1929.
Names that rose and fell with Velia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hortenciapeak 1925
- Ninfapeak 1928
- Ernestinapeak 1947
- Nadenepeak 1930
- Christenepeak 1925
- Lanellepeak 1924
- Jovitapeak 1930
- Darlinepeak 1927
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.