Velvet · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

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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 82 recorded years as a table

Velvet, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1920	5
1945	28
1946	21
1947	9
1948	11
1949	9
1950	11
1951	12
1952	10
1953	10
1954	7
1955	8
1956	9
1957	7
1958	5
1959	9
1960	36
1961	164
1962	133
1963	74
1964	62
1965	48
1966	51
1967	38
1968	26
1969	33
1970	36
1971	51
1972	61
1973	45
1974	48
1975	49
1976	28
1977	31
1978	37
1979	43
1980	29
1981	27
1982	37
1983	28
1984	27
1985	22
1986	19
1987	19
1988	19
1989	10
1990	16
1991	12
1992	11
1993	12
1994	10
1995	13
1996	11
1997	10
1998	11
1999	8
2000	4
2001	8
2002	7
2003	5
2004	5
2005	6
2006	4
2007	6
2008	9
2009	5
2010	3
2011	5
2012	7
2013	4
2014	8
2015	3
2016	5
2017	6
2018	5
2019	7
2020	5
2021	8
2022	10
2023	8
2024	7
2025	7

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Velvet 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 2025: 12
Rank in 2025: #8,362
How rare: 1 in 133,938 girls
Since 1920: 3,096

Most popular in 1961, at 164 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 122% per million girls born.

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