Velva is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Velva is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Velva was first reported in SSA data in 1888 and peaked in 1916 (139 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,991 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #12,269 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #9,077 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,681 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #11,278 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,592 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #5,503 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #10,200 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #8,394 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | #4,293 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | #5,529 |
| 1970 | 17 | — | #3,710 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,410 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #3,450 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #3,329 |
| 1966 | 24 | — | #2,515 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #2,829 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | #2,670 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | #2,359 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | #2,737 |
| 1961 | 34 | — | #2,035 |
| 1960 | 32 | — | #2,057 |
| 1959 | 35 | — | #1,917 |
| 1958 | 43 | — | #1,656 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | #1,840 |
| 1956 | 27 | — | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 36 | — | #1,770 |
| 1954 | 32 | — | #1,871 |
| 1953 | 44 | — | #1,489 |
| 1952 | 50 | — | #1,385 |
| 1951 | 32 | — | #1,736 |
| 1950 | 43 | — | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 53 | — | #1,264 |
| 1948 | 54 | — | #1,249 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | #1,315 |
| 1946 | 38 | — | #1,437 |
| 1945 | 51 | — | #1,112 |
| 1944 | 43 | — | #1,223 |
| 1943 | 48 | — | #1,179 |
| 1942 | 51 | — | #1,114 |
| 1941 | 54 | — | #1,005 |
| 1940 | 64 | — | #905 |
| 1939 | 59 | — | #924 |
| 1938 | 55 | — | #966 |
| 1937 | 74 | — | #803 |
| 1936 | 60 | — | #886 |
| 1935 | 71 | — | #811 |
| 1934 | 73 | — | #790 |
| 1933 | 77 | — | #755 |
| 1932 | 83 | — | #744 |
| 1931 | 69 | — | #829 |
| 1930 | 76 | — | #817 |
| 1929 | 55 | — | #980 |
| 1928 | 72 | — | #861 |
| 1927 | 109 | — | #701 |
| 1926 | 83 | — | #799 |
| 1925 | 84 | — | #817 |
| 1924 | 102 | — | #733 |
| 1923 | 104 | — | #717 |
| 1922 | 102 | — | #722 |
| 1921 | 122 | — | #671 |
| 1920 | 118 | — | #669 |
| 1919 | 115 | — | #649 |
| 1918 | 126 | — | #631 |
| 1917 | 108 | — | #656 |
| 1916 | 139 | — | #568 |
| 1915 | 123 | — | #588 |
| 1914 | 93 | — | #593 |
| 1913 | 96 | — | #521 |
| 1912 | 85 | — | #530 |
| 1911 | 56 | — | #579 |
| 1910 | 56 | — | #549 |
| 1909 | 34 | — | #690 |
| 1908 | 39 | — | #615 |
| 1907 | 31 | — | #692 |
| 1906 | 37 | — | #593 |
| 1905 | 39 | — | #562 |
| 1904 | 26 | — | #699 |
| 1903 | 15 | — | #927 |
| 1902 | 24 | — | #715 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | #960 |
| 1900 | 27 | — | #704 |
| 1899 | 16 | — | #833 |
| 1898 | 22 | — | #718 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | #977 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #1,205 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | #926 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | #1,127 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,425 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | #793 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | #1,000 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #1,333 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,138 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,265 |