US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE VELVET

Same rise and fall as Velvet, around the same years.

WHERE VELVET IS POPULAR · 2024

Fewer than 5 babies were named Velvet in any single state in 2024, so no state lists it.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Velvet name popularity

Velvet has been given to 3,101 babies in the United States since 1920.

It peaked in 1961, when 332 babies got the name, and its best rank was #961 in 1961.

In 2025, 12 babies were named Velvet (#14,309 in the country), 96% below the peak. That is up 100% from 2015.

Almost every Velvet is a girl.

An estimated 2.8K people named Velvet are alive in the US today, with a median age of 55.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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