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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 87 recorded years as a table

Vela, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1888	34
1890	26
1893	23
1894	22
1895	21
1896	21
1897	34
1898	39
1899	21
1900	37
1901	33
1902	30
1903	31
1904	40
1905	55
1906	24
1907	38
1908	39
1909	40
1910	33
1911	31
1912	27
1913	26
1914	33
1915	39
1916	19
1917	16
1918	18
1919	24
1920	18
1921	12
1922	15
1923	21
1924	17
1925	15
1926	13
1927	16
1928	16
1929	8
1930	13
1931	13
1932	7
1933	12
1934	13
1935	8
1936	10
1937	7
1938	6
1939	8
1940	5
1941	5
1942	6
1943	4
1945	5
1946	4
1947	5
1949	4
1950	4
1951	5
1954	6
1957	3
1959	3
1960	3
1961	3
1963	3
1964	4
1967	3
1970	3
1998	3
2007	4
2009	3
2010	8
2011	7
2012	6
2013	7
2014	9
2015	12
2016	14
2017	9
2018	12
2019	11
2020	7
2021	16
2022	10
2023	16
2024	13
2025	11

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Vela 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 2025: 17
Rank in 2025: #6,546
How rare: 1 in 94,545 girls
Since 1888: 1,082

Most popular in 1905, at 55 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 14% per million girls born.

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