How Many People Are Named Velvet?
An estimated 2,633 people in the United States have the first name Velvet. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 51 years old, and Velvet peaked in popularity in 1961 with 332 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Velvet as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Velvet paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,633
About 1 in 130,176 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
51
years old
Peak Year
1961
332 births
Total Registered
3,088
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Velvet
Velvet is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,088 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Velvet as a male name
Ranked #3,972 in 1941
5 male births in 1941
Peak: 1941 (5 births)
Velvet as a female name
Ranked #9,482 in 2024
11 female births in 2024
Peak: 1961 (332 births)
Velvet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Velvet span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 1,257 babies were registered. Velvet has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Velvet by Decade
How has Velvet tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Velvet by State
Birth registrations for Velvet span all 26 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, North Carolina, Texas. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Kansas, District of Columbia. On average, about 43 Velvets were registered per state.
Velvet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Velvet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Velvet
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
Velvet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Velvet?
We estimate approximately 2,633 people named Velvet are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 130,176 Americans share this first name.
Is Velvet a common name?
Velvet is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,088 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Velvet most popular?
Velvet reached peak popularity in 1961, when 332 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Velvet is approximately 51 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Velvet a female name?
Velvet is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Velvet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Velvet Smith, Velvet Johnson, Velvet Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me