Velma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEL-muh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Velma is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Velma mean?
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Wilma or Selma
Velma Dinkley is the bespectacled sleuth of the Scooby-Doo cartoons, first broadcast in 1969.
Is Velma a girl's or a boy's name?
Velma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Velma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Velma, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 2,606 girls.
Half of all the girls named Velma in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1940, the years shaded on the chart below.
Velma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,518 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,503 |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,451 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,191 |
| 1975 | 93 | #1,229 |
| 1974 | 110 | #1,070 |
| 1973 | 131 | #933 |
| 1972 | 120 | #993 |
| 1971 | 167 | #828 |
| 1970 | 181 | #781 |
| 1969 | 191 | #731 |
| 1968 | 222 | #651 |
| 1967 | 273 | #577 |
| 1966 | 299 | #546 |
| 1965 | 362 | #499 |
| 1964 | 395 | #487 |
| 1963 | 407 | #478 |
| 1962 | 464 | #445 |
| 1961 | 524 | #428 |
| 1960 | 559 | #406 |
| 1959 | 550 | #400 |
| 1958 | 502 | #416 |
| 1957 | 668 | #352 |
| 1956 | 692 | #332 |
| 1955 | 634 | #338 |
| 1954 | 749 | #309 |
| 1953 | 737 | #304 |
| 1952 | 706 | #300 |
| 1951 | 798 | #277 |
| 1950 | 825 | #267 |
| 1949 | 798 | #272 |
| 1948 | 871 | #254 |
| 1947 | 848 | #259 |
| 1946 | 875 | #242 |
| 1945 | 861 | #223 |
| 1944 | 935 | #211 |
| 1943 | 1,046 | #201 |
| 1942 | 1,052 | #196 |
| 1941 | 1,000 | #188 |
| 1940 | 986 | #188 |
| 1939 | 1,068 | #178 |
| 1938 | 1,160 | #174 |
| 1937 | 1,218 | #164 |
| 1936 | 1,180 | #167 |
| 1935 | 1,352 | #147 |
| 1934 | 1,426 | #144 |
| 1933 | 1,481 | #137 |
| 1932 | 1,689 | #133 |
| 1931 | 1,758 | #131 |
| 1930 | 1,918 | #127 |
| 1929 | 1,930 | #128 |
| 1928 | 2,290 | #114 |
| 1927 | 2,285 | #118 |
| 1926 | 2,120 | #124 |
| 1925 | 2,177 | #128 |
| 1924 | 2,272 | #123 |
| 1923 | 2,337 | #116 |
| 1922 | 2,367 | #113 |
| 1921 | 2,606 | #108 |
| 1920 | 2,491 | #105 |
| 1919 | 2,341 | #104 |
| 1918 | 2,439 | #103 |
| 1917 | 2,411 | #98 |
| 1916 | 2,319 | #99 |
| 1915 | 2,287 | #94 |
| 1914 | 1,795 | #92 |
| 1913 | 1,556 | #89 |
| 1912 | 1,403 | #88 |
| 1911 | 1,045 | #90 |
| 1910 | 1,035 | #90 |
| 1909 | 857 | #92 |
| 1908 | 860 | #90 |
| 1907 | 854 | #90 |
| 1906 | 721 | #94 |
| 1905 | 722 | #94 |
| 1904 | 615 | #101 |
| 1903 | 589 | #99 |
| 1902 | 526 | #113 |
| 1901 | 388 | #130 |
| 1900 | 426 | #141 |
| 1899 | 334 | #139 |
| 1898 | 331 | #152 |
| 1897 | 280 | #160 |
| 1896 | 249 | #174 |
| 1895 | 208 | #188 |
| 1894 | 196 | #189 |
| 1893 | 156 | #201 |
| 1892 | 146 | #212 |
| 1891 | 103 | #236 |
| 1890 | 96 | #254 |
| 1889 | 72 | #281 |
| 1888 | 67 | #286 |
| 1887 | 59 | #274 |
| 1886 | 33 | #371 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 25 | #366 |
| 1882 | 17 | #446 |
| 1881 | 19 | #384 |
| 1880 | 16 | #421 |
Names like Velma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Velma
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, “Velma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/velma, updated 20 October 2026.