Velma is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Velma is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,903 for girl births in the United States (and #10,251 across all names), given to 21 babies. Velma was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (2,606 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #5,903 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #8,407 | — |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | #5,737 | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | #5,298 | — |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | #7,613 | — |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | #7,546 | — |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #8,107 | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | #5,992 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | #12,653 | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | #14,238 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #16,293 | — |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #8,940 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | #11,904 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #19,377 | — |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | #8,170 | — |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #12,219 | — |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | #11,410 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #17,375 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #20,401 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #12,376 | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #14,438 | — |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #8,230 | — |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #9,648 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #7,805 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #10,984 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,518 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,205 | — |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | #6,353 | — |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #8,316 | — |
| 1996 | 12 | — | #7,562 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #7,026 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #5,238 | — |
| 1993 | 20 | — | #4,993 | — |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #6,301 | — |
| 1991 | 40 | — | #2,931 | — |
| 1990 | 33 | — | #3,356 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,327 | — |
| 1988 | 37 | — | #2,865 | — |
| 1987 | 41 | — | #2,527 | — |
| 1986 | 43 | — | #2,382 | — |
| 1985 | 35 | — | #2,746 | — |
| 1984 | 50 | — | #2,048 | — |
| 1983 | 55 | — | #1,906 | — |
| 1982 | 58 | — | #1,871 | — |
| 1981 | 83 | — | #1,474 | — |
| 1980 | 78 | — | #1,527 | — |
| 1979 | 78 | — | #1,516 | — |
| 1978 | 83 | — | #1,411 | — |
| 1977 | 76 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1976 | 95 | — | #1,204 | — |
| 1975 | 93 | — | #1,240 | — |
| 1974 | 110 | — | #1,075 | — |
| 1973 | 131 | — | #933 | — |
| 1972 | 120 | — | #995 | — |
| 1971 | 167 | — | #832 | — |
| 1970 | 181 | — | #783 | — |
| 1969 | 191 | — | #732 | — |
| 1968 | 222 | — | #652 | — |
| 1967 | 273 | — | #578 | — |
| 1966 | 299 | — | #546 | — |
| 1965 | 362 | — | #500 | — |
| 1964 | 395 | — | #488 | — |
| 1963 | 407 | — | #478 | — |
| 1962 | 464 | — | #446 | — |
| 1961 | 524 | — | #428 | — |
| 1960 | 559 | — | #407 | — |
| 1959 | 550 | — | #400 | — |
| 1958 | 502 | — | #417 | — |
| 1957 | 668 | — | #352 | — |
| 1956 | 692 | — | #333 | — |
| 1955 | 644 | — | #338 | #2,750 |
| 1954 | 754 | — | #309 | #4,334 |
| 1953 | 737 | — | #304 | — |
| 1952 | 706 | — | #300 | — |
| 1951 | 798 | — | #277 | — |
| 1950 | 825 | — | #267 | — |
| 1949 | 804 | — | #272 | #3,670 |
| 1948 | 871 | — | #254 | — |
| 1947 | 848 | — | #260 | — |
| 1946 | 881 | — | #242 | #3,506 |
| 1945 | 868 | — | #223 | #2,982 |
| 1944 | 946 | — | #211 | #2,303 |
| 1943 | 1,046 | — | #201 | — |
| 1942 | 1,052 | — | #196 | — |
| 1941 | 1,000 | — | #188 | — |
| 1940 | 994 | — | #188 | #2,854 |
| 1939 | 1,073 | — | #178 | #3,940 |
| 1938 | 1,170 | — | #174 | #2,473 |
| 1937 | 1,223 | — | #164 | #3,986 |
| 1936 | 1,191 | — | #167 | #2,293 |
| 1935 | 1,365 | — | #147 | #2,123 |
| 1934 | 1,435 | — | #144 | #2,733 |
| 1933 | 1,489 | — | #137 | #2,990 |
| 1932 | 1,712 | — | #133 | #1,504 |
| 1931 | 1,768 | — | #131 | #2,641 |
| 1930 | 1,933 | — | #127 | #2,071 |
| 1929 | 1,944 | — | #128 | #2,193 |
| 1928 | 2,303 | — | #114 | #2,381 |
| 1927 | 2,296 | — | #118 | #2,693 |
| 1926 | 2,138 | — | #124 | #1,907 |
| 1925 | 2,199 | — | #128 | #1,676 |
| 1924 | 2,292 | — | #123 | #1,835 |
| 1923 | 2,349 | — | #116 | #2,606 |
| 1922 | 2,377 | — | #113 | #2,999 |
| 1921 | 2,613 | — | #108 | #3,848 |
| 1920 | 2,509 | — | #105 | #1,959 |
| 1919 | 2,363 | — | #104 | #1,620 |
| 1918 | 2,452 | — | #103 | #2,387 |
| 1917 | 2,422 | — | #99 | #2,550 |
| 1916 | 2,330 | — | #99 | #2,530 |
| 1915 | 2,299 | — | #94 | #2,300 |
| 1914 | 1,803 | — | #92 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 1,570 | — | #89 | #1,494 |
| 1912 | 1,408 | — | #88 | #2,884 |
| 1911 | 1,053 | — | #90 | #1,376 |
| 1910 | 1,043 | — | #90 | #1,304 |
| 1909 | 865 | — | #92 | #1,148 |
| 1908 | 866 | — | #90 | #1,363 |
| 1907 | 860 | — | #90 | #1,334 |
| 1906 | 721 | — | #94 | — |
| 1905 | 722 | — | #95 | — |
| 1904 | 621 | — | #101 | #1,192 |
| 1903 | 589 | — | #99 | — |
| 1902 | 526 | — | #113 | — |
| 1901 | 393 | — | #130 | #1,200 |
| 1900 | 426 | — | #141 | — |
| 1899 | 334 | — | #139 | — |
| 1898 | 331 | — | #152 | — |
| 1897 | 280 | — | #160 | — |
| 1896 | 249 | — | #174 | — |
| 1895 | 208 | — | #189 | — |
| 1894 | 196 | — | #190 | — |
| 1893 | 156 | — | #202 | — |
| 1892 | 146 | — | #212 | — |
| 1891 | 103 | — | #236 | — |
| 1890 | 96 | — | #257 | — |
| 1889 | 72 | — | #281 | — |
| 1888 | 67 | — | #287 | — |
| 1887 | 59 | — | #277 | — |
| 1886 | 33 | — | #377 | — |
| 1885 | 32 | — | #364 | — |
| 1884 | 18 | — | #500 | — |
| 1883 | 25 | — | #372 | — |
| 1882 | 17 | — | #456 | — |
| 1881 | 19 | — | #392 | — |
| 1880 | 16 | — | #434 | — |