Velma

Boy · recorded 1901–1955

  • 1955last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Velma.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1901

0254919011915192819421955

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 42 recorded years as a table
Velma, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190147
190447
190741
190839
190949
191041
191135
191212
191327
191412
191514
191612
191712
191813
191922
192017
19216
19229
192311
192418
192520
192616
192710
192812
192913
193014
193110
193222
19338
19349
193512
193611
19375
19389
19395
19407
19448
19455
19464
19493
19542
19555

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Velma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1955
10
Rank in 1955
#2,558
How rare
1 in 205,988 boys
Since 1901
450

Velma was last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 49 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Velma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.