How Many People Are Named Vela?
people named Vela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 811,840 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,082 babies named Vela in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vela alive today is about 27 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vela first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1915, to 38 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #964, in 1905. In 2025 it ranked #6,812.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,812 |
| Best rank | #964 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,463 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vela were born in California than in any other state: about 48 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vela was given about 5.2 times as often in Texas.
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