Baby name

Velda

Girl

Classic name

1920 was its best year: 191 births, or 1 baby in 11,846. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 98 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

7,559births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 501rank at its peak, in 1920

Where babies named Velda are born

1920

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The darker the blue, the more common Velda is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Velda is most common in Kansas (7.9 times), Oklahoma (5.5) and Iowa (4.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Velma 86,752
Nelda 20,139
Zelda 16,734
Veda 14,071
Elda 8,970
Verda 8,062

Names from the same era

Lavina · Melvina · Alene · Mittie · Enid · Adella

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