Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Velma

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

Endangered Down 99.5% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

2,606

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

99.5%

2024

All-time

86,731

Velma once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 2,606 girls were named Velma.

In 2024, only 13 girls were given the name.

Down 99.5% from its peak.

All told, about 86,731 Americans have been named Velma and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.5% from peak

19212,606 girls named Velma

202413 girls named Velma

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