Feminine dossier · first seen 1888

Vela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Vela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1888Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

44.7%

2024

All-time

1,065

Vela has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 38 girls were named Vela.

In 2024, only 21 girls were given the name.

Down 44.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,065 Americans have been named Vela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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