girls:
2.8k births since 1904
#3270 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1904
#5093 (34th percentile)
The name Velia is the #5,093 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,813 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 34.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,270 (42.8% percentile) for all time with 2,813 births since 1904.
Velia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (first recorded for girls in 1904). Birth data for Velia is available in 112 out of the 120 years between 1904 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, Velia reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 11.3% percentile (ranked #525) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 62 births per million (ranked 11.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Velia ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 11.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Velia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Velia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Velia is pronounced as VEH-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VEE-lee-uh, at 21.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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