How Many People Are Named Velva?
people named Velva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 317,939 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,274 babies named Velva in Social Security records from 1888 to 1983, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
139 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Velva in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Velva alive today is about 73 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Velva first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1916, to 139 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1983.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 1983
🏆 Rank History
Velva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #521, in 1913.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #521 (1913) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #599 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Velva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Velva were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Velva was given 7.8 times as often in West Virginia, 5.3 times in Kentucky and 4.2 times in Oklahoma.
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