Velvet
Velvet was the 8824th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 542nd with 332 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,470 places. More babies were named Velvet in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,824 girls, up 3,250 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1961332 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,101babies recorded
Velvet popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1941.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,824 | 12 |
| 2020 | #12,074 | 8 |
| 2010 | #16,869 | 6 |
| 2000 | #11,748 | 8 |
| 1990 | #3,519 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,153 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,560 | 63 |
| 1960 | #1,292 | 73 |
| 1950 | #2,430 | 18 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,934 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Velvet, counting every spelling?
Velvet has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Velvet?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Velvet (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Velvet born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Velvet.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Velvet?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Velvet are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 43 and 64. That makes Velvet mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Velvet by state
How common Velvet was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Velvet: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Velvet, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Velvet
How popular is the name Velvet?
Velvet was the 8824th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 542nd with 332 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,470 places. More babies were named Velvet in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Velvet a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Velvet in the US.
Where is Velvet most popular?
In 2021–2025, Velvet was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).