Meaning not yet researched.
Velva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #521 in 1913.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #521 in 1913. No US babies were recorded with the name Velva in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #521 in 1913.
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Velva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #521 in 1913 · most girls in one year: 139 (1916).
Fewer than five US girls were named Velva in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #521, reached in 1913. The most girls given the name in a single year was 139, in 1916. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,410 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Velva in 94 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 6 babies. In all, 4,274 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 997 babies named Velva.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Velva.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 7 | #8,991 | — | — |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,269 | — | — |
| 1981 | 7 | #9,077 | — | — |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,681 | — | — |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,278 | — | — |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,592 | — | — |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,503 | — | — |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,200 | — | — |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,394 | — | — |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,293 | — | — |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,529 | — | — |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,710 | — | — |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,410 | — | — |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,450 | — | — |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,329 | — | — |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,515 | — | — |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,829 | — | — |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,670 | — | — |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,359 | — | — |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,737 | — | — |
| 1961 | 34 | #2,035 | — | — |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,057 | — | — |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,917 | — | — |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,656 | — | — |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,840 | — | — |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,150 | — | — |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,770 | — | — |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,871 | — | — |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,489 | — | — |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,385 | — | — |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,736 | — | — |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 1948 | 54 | #1,249 | — | — |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,315 | — | — |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,437 | — | — |
| 1945 | 51 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,223 | — | — |
| 1943 | 48 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,114 | — | — |
| 1941 | 54 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1940 | 64 | #905 | — | — |
| 1939 | 59 | #924 | — | — |
| 1938 | 55 | #966 | — | — |
| 1937 | 74 | #803 | — | — |
| 1936 | 60 | #886 | — | — |
| 1935 | 71 | #811 | — | — |
| 1934 | 73 | #790 | — | — |
| 1933 | 77 | #755 | — | — |
| 1932 | 83 | #744 | — | — |
| 1931 | 69 | #829 | — | — |
| 1930 | 76 | #817 | — | — |
| 1929 | 55 | #980 | — | — |
| 1928 | 72 | #861 | — | — |
| 1927 | 109 | #701 | — | — |
| 1926 | 83 | #799 | — | — |
| 1925 | 84 | #817 | — | — |
| 1924 | 102 | #733 | — | — |
| 1923 | 104 | #717 | — | — |
| 1922 | 102 | #722 | — | — |
| 1921 | 122 | #671 | — | — |
| 1920 | 118 | #669 | — | — |
| 1919 | 115 | #649 | — | — |
| 1918 | 126 | #631 | — | — |
| 1917 | 108 | #656 | — | — |
| 1916 | 139 | #568 | — | — |
| 1915 | 123 | #588 | — | — |
| 1914 | 93 | #593 | — | — |
| 1913 | 96 | #521 | — | — |
| 1912 | 85 | #530 | — | — |
| 1911 | 56 | #579 | — | — |
| 1910 | 56 | #549 | — | — |
| 1909 | 34 | #690 | — | — |
| 1908 | 39 | #615 | — | — |
| 1907 | 31 | #692 | — | — |
| 1906 | 37 | #593 | — | — |
| 1905 | 39 | #562 | — | — |
| 1904 | 26 | #699 | — | — |
| 1903 | 15 | #927 | — | — |
| 1902 | 24 | #715 | — | — |
| 1901 | 13 | #960 | — | — |
| 1900 | 27 | #704 | — | — |
| 1899 | 16 | #833 | — | — |
| 1898 | 22 | #718 | — | — |
| 1897 | 12 | #977 | — | — |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,205 | — | — |
| 1895 | 13 | #926 | — | — |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,425 | — | — |
| 1892 | 15 | #793 | — | — |
| 1891 | 9 | #1,000 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,333 | — | — |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,265 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).