Velvet
Rank in 2025
#8362
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
12
girls 12
Peak year
1961
332 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
3,101
since 1920
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Velvet was most popular in 1961, when 332 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.16 per 1,000). In 2025, 12 babies were named Velvet, ranking #8362 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 28%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 8362 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 8946 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 13 | 8055 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 6984 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 8024 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 11090 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 11 | 9112 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 9 | 10545 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 11781 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 14482 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 15 | 7636 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 12 | 9109 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | 11181 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 9 | 11459 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 12 | 9539 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 13606 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 11 | 9452 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 10690 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 12 | 8280 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 15 | 6956 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 10745 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 6836 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 20 | 5123 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 18 | 5417 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 19 | 5065 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 22 | 4518 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 18 | 5249 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 21 | 4671 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 21 | 4686 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 22 | 4497 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 31 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 19 | 4670 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 34 | 2987 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 33 | 2915 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 32 | 2903 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 37 | 2601 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 45 | 2192 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 46 | 2135 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 62 | 1769 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 45 | 2231 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 48 | 2128 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 69 | 1623 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 57 | 1781 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 47 | 2026 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 41 | 2099 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 71 | 1447 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 71 | 1428 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 65 | 1458 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 93 | 1161 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 85 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 63 | 1544 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 55 | 1609 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 42 | 1834 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 63 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 86 | 1142 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 85 | 1156 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 117 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 143 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 261 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 332 | 541 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 73 | 1286 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 19 | 2678 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 10 | 3925 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 14 | 3150 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | 2622 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 15 | 2971 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 14 | 3019 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 19 | 2431 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 18 | 2502 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 22 | 2116 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 18 | 2341 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 16 | 2514 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | 2329 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 16 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 33 | 1532 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 36 | 1332 | <5 | — |
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| 1920 | 6 | 4398 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years