Velia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEL-ee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Velia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Velia mean?
Latin: from a Roman family name
Velia was also the Roman name of Elea, the Greek colony in southern Italy that was home to the philosopher Parmenides.
Is Velia a girl's or a boy's name?
Velia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Velia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Velia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1929, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the girls named Velia in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Velia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,396 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,927 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,680 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,480 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,338 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,332 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,203 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,359 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,271 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,341 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,533 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 40 | #1,149 |
| 1938 | 47 | #1,045 |
| 1937 | 47 | #1,035 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,264 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,010 |
| 1930 | 63 | #916 |
| 1929 | 72 | #835 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 58 | #1,000 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,220 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,170 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,269 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,385 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
Names like Velia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Virginia, Gloria, Sylvia, Patricia, Priscilla, Loretta, Rosemary, Marcella, Vivian, Regina, Maria, Viola
Names related to Velia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Velia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/velia, updated 20 October 2026.