Velta
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #5,974
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,113since 1899
Velta over time
Rank among girls' names. Velta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Velta! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Velta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1935 at #1,197 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,959 girls born in 1935 were named Velta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 241,002 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
- 27.2% of all girls named Velta (303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,364 (1904) | #1,573 |
| 1910s | 153 | #1,367 (1915) | #1,764 |
| 1920s | 303 | #1,331 (1927) | #1,487 |
| 1930s | 276 | #1,197 (1935) | #1,477 |
| 1940s | 169 | #1,661 (1944) | #2,301 |
| 1950s | 94 | #2,595 (1953) | #3,787 |
| 1960s | 69 | #4,202 (1965) | #5,294 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Velta in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
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1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 47,932 of them was named Velta, which outranked 71.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,626Tilda26
- #1,626Venus26
- #1,626Willette26
- #1,666Velta25
- #1,666Alena25
- #1,666Alfred25
- #1,666Allegra25
- #1,708Alfrieda24
- #1,708Angelica24
- #1,708Arliss24
Tied with 41 names at #1,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.