Velda

Girl · recorded 1895–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1914best year

Most popular in 1914.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls 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 Velda.

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 1895

08917718951926195819892020

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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 98 recorded years as a table
Velda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189526
189655
189726
189964
190047
190184
190249
190392
190469
190582
190695
190797
1908105
190998
1910119
191191
1912125
1913118
1914177
1915156
1916120
1917133
1918151
1919149
1920159
1921144
1922109
1923149
1924124
1925157
1926119
1927148
1928152
1929144
1930142
1931150
1932144
1933168
1934124
1935135
1936126
1937143
1938114
1939106
194090
194181
194278
194373
194453
194558
194650
194753
194852
194939
195052
195151
195256
195366
195467
195584
195678
195768
195863
195967
196058
196143
196239
196333
196430
196529
196622
196721
196817
196916
197017
197119
197210
197315
19747
197514
197610
19777
197810
197910
19808
19818
19828
19834
19858
19866
19876
19884
19894
19933
19993
20034
20113
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Velda 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 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#15,088
How rare
1 in 323,309 girls
Since 1895
7,559

Velda was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1914, at 177 per million girls born.

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

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