Vela
Rank in 2025
#6546
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
17
girls 17
Peak year
1905
16 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,082
since 1888
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Vela was most popular in 1905, when 16 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.05 per 1,000). In 2025, 17 babies were named Vela, ranking #6546 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 32%.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 6546 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 21 | 5799 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 26 | 4999 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 17 | 6707 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 4833 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 11 | 8953 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 18 | 6414 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 20 | 6010 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 16 | 7092 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 24 | 5445 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 5833 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 16 | 7302 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 12 | 9036 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 12 | 9150 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 15 | 7880 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | <5 | — |
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| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
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| 1998 | 5 | 14122 | <5 | — |
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| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | <5 | — |
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| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1964 | 8 | 5008 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | <5 | — |
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| 1961 | 7 | 5309 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5696 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | 5566 | <5 | — |
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| 1957 | 6 | 5377 | <5 | — |
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| 1954 | 12 | 3325 | <5 | — |
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| 1951 | 9 | 3714 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | 4315 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 6 | 4673 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | 3706 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 6 | 4417 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 6 | 4025 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | 4196 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | 3444 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 6 | 3954 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 9 | 2922 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 7 | 3450 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 10 | 2689 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 8 | 3156 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 14 | 2187 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 12 | 2404 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 8 | 3274 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 14 | 2205 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 15 | 2202 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | 3137 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 19 | 2026 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 15 | 2351 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 18 | 2119 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 21 | 1926 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 25 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 18 | 2109 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 15 | 2378 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 22 | 1816 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 27 | 1527 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 21 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 17 | 1996 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 20 | 1739 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 38 | 1094 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 25 | 1228 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 16 | 1465 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 15 | 1421 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 13 | 1300 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | 1267 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 14 | 1104 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | 1135 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 12 | 1142 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 7 | 1553 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 16 | 926 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 11 | 1092 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 8 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | 1320 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 8 | 1227 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 11 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 10 | 1098 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 8 | 1167 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 5 | 1338 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 6 | 1136 | <5 | — |
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