Velvet
Velvet is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 542nd, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961332 births
- Best rank
- #542in 1961
- Since 1920
- 3,083people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,083 girls have been named Velvet in the United States since 1920, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 332 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 332 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 41%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Velvet | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 119 | |
| 1950s | 168 | |
| 1960s | 1,257 | |
| 1970s | 662 | |
| 1980s | 401 | |
| 1990s | 206 | |
| 2000s | 110 | |
| 2010s | 94 | |
| 2020s | 60 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Velvet was the 542nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Velvet
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lishapeak 1960
- Leishapeak 1961
- Leshapeak 1960
- Damitapeak 1961
- Deadrapeak 1962
- Loriapeak 1961
- Dierdrepeak 1961
- Loriannpeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.