How Many People Are Named Velia?
people named Velia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 210,718 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,831 babies named Velia in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Roman family name Velius which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Velia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Velia alive today is about 55 years old, and 47% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Velia first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1929, to 72 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Velia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #840, in 1929. In 2025 it ranked #9,423.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,423 |
| Best rank | #840 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,067 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Velia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Velia were born in Texas than in any other state: about 608 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Velia was given 9.7 times as often in Texas, 6.8 times in Arizona and 4.4 times in California.
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