Vela Girl
How popular is Vela?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Vela in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Vela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▼ 749 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,831 in 2015, #8,948 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1915 (38 girls) |
| Highest rank | #926 in 1905 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Vela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Vella family of names ranked #2,528 for girls in 2025 (#2,480 the year before), with 44 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vella | 27 | 61% |
| Vela | 17 | 39% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Vela is most popular
Babies named Vela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Vela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 48 | #1,098 |
| 1900s | 108 | #926 |
| 1910s | 205 | #1,094 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,672 |
| 1930s | 104 | #2,186 |
| 1940s | 53 | #3,442 |
| 1950s | 40 | #3,324 |
| 1960s | 32 | #5,007 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1990s | 5 | #14,116 |
| 2000s | 12 | #13,918 |
| 2010s | 165 | #5,444 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,829 |
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Questions
- Is Vela a boy or girl name?
- Vela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Vela were girls.
- How popular is the name Vela?
- 17 baby girls were named Vela in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Vela most popular?
- Vela peaked in 1915, when 38 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #926 in 1905.
- How many people are named Vela?
- 1,082 babies have been named Vela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 432 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Vela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Vela was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.