How Many People Are Named Velda?
people named Velda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 126,727 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,559 babies named Velda in Social Security records from 1895 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
191 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, possibly a derivative of the Germanic element wald meaning "power, rule".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Velda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Velda alive today is about 71 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Velda first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1920, to 191 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Velda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #474, in 1914.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #474 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #547 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Velda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Velda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 194 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Velda was given 7.4 times as often in Kansas, 4.6 times in Oklahoma and 3.8 times in Iowa.
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