Velna
Recorded 1900–1956 · United States
Velna was most popular in 1915, when 30 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,381 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 558 people named Velna.
Velna over time
How old is the name Velna?
Velna first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1900, which makes it about 125 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 43 of the 126 years since. It was last recorded in 1956.
How many people are named Velna?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 558 American births named Velna between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States.
How many babies were named Velna in 2025?
Velna was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Velna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Velna is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 558 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Where Velna is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org