Baby name

Vela

Girl

Rising name

1915 was its best year: 38 births, or 1 baby in 48,220. The momentum is recent: births are up 34% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Its rank in 2025: No. 6545.

1,082births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 1094rank at its peak, in 1915

Where babies named Vela are born

1915

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One letter apart

Vera 149,456
Velma 86,752
Lela 43,005
Veda 14,071
Velda 7,559
Verla 6,190

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