girls:
54 births since 1908
#5662 (1st percentile)
boys:
22 births since 1916
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
76 births since 1908
#7663 (1st percentile)
The name Velmar is the #7,663 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 76 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,662 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 1908. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1916.
Velmar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (1908 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Velmar is available in 13 out of the 25 years between 1908 and 1932 (9 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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.
The name Velmar has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.1% of all recorded births being female. In 1932, 100.0% of babies named Velmar were girls.
For girls, Velmar reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #591) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 14 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1932.
For boys, Velmar reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #501) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1923.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Velmar".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Velmar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Velmar is pronounced as VEHL-mahr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VEHL-mer, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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