girls:
34 births since 2019
#5682 (1st percentile)
overall:
34 births since 2019
#7705 (0th percentile)
The name Vaela is the #7,705 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 34 recorded births since 2019. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,682 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 34 births since 2019.
Vaela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2019 (first recorded for girls in 2019). Birth data for Vaela is available in 4 out of the 5 years between 2019 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Vaela reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #951) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Vaela ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 76.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vaela".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Vaela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.2% confident that Vaela is pronounced as VAY-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VAI-luh, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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