Velva

Girl · recorded 1888–1983

  • 1983last recorded
  • 1913best year

Most popular in 1913.

Last recorded in 1983. 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 Velva.

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

07715418881912193619591983

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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 94 recorded years as a table
Velva, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188834
188939
189032
189149
189271
189328
189440
189556
189638
189751
189885
189969
190090
190154
190291
190357
190494
1905134
1906125
190797
1908117
190998
1910141
1911134
1912152
1913154
1914122
1915125
1916133
1917100
1918109
1919102
192098
192199
192285
192386
192482
192569
192670
192791
192862
192949
193067
193165
193278
193376
193470
193568
193658
193770
193850
193954
194056
194145
194238
194334
194432
194539
194624
194728
194832
194931
195025
195118
195227
195323
195416
195518
195613
195718
195821
195917
196016
196117
196211
196314
196412
196511
196614
196710
196810
19697
197010
19716
19729
19734
19743
19758
19766
19773
19796
19814
19823
19834

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Velva 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1983
7
Rank in 1983
#8,047
How rare
1 in 238,658 girls
Since 1888
4,274

Velva was last recorded in 1983. 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 1913, at 154 per million girls born.

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

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