Velvet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEL-vit
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Velvet is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “soft pile fabric”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Velvet mean?
English: English word, from Old French
“soft pile fabric”
Velvet Brown is the horse-loving heroine of Enid Bagnold's 1935 novel National Velvet.
Is Velvet a girl's or a boy's name?
Velvet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Velvet in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Velvet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Velvet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Velvet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Velvet, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 332 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Velvet in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Velvet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,769 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,623 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,781 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 71 | #1,428 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,161 |
| 1971 | 85 | #1,292 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,609 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | 86 | #1,142 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,156 |
| 1964 | 117 | #982 |
| 1963 | 143 | #878 |
| 1962 | 261 | #623 |
| 1961 | 332 | #541 |
| 1960 | 73 | #1,285 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,677 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,531 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
Names like Velvet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Velvet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/velvet, updated 20 October 2026.