Vela Popularity by Year
Follow Vela across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Vela birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 17 | #6,546 | Down 747 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 21 | #5,799 | Down 800 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 26 | #4,999 | Up 1,708 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 17 | #6,707 | Down 1,874 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 27 | #4,833 | Up 4,120 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 11 | #8,953 | Down 2,539 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 18 | #6,414 | Down 404 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 20 | #6,010 | Up 1,082 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 16 | #7,092 | Down 1,647 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 24 | #5,445 | Up 388 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 22 | #5,833 | Up 1,469 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 16 | #7,302 | Up 1,734 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 12 | #9,036 | Up 1,393 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 10 | #10,429 | Down 1,279 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 12 | #9,150 | Down 1,270 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 15 | #7,880 | Up 9,414 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 5 | #17,294 | Down 3,370 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 7 | #13,924 | Up 198 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 5 | #14,122 | Down 6,127 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 5 | #7,995 | Down 1,191 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 1,796 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 8 | #5,008 | Up 883 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 6 | #5,891 | Down 582 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 7 | #5,309 | Up 387 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 6 | #5,696 | Down 130 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 6 | #5,566 | Down 189 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 6 | #5,377 | Down 2,052 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 12 | #3,325 | Up 389 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 9 | #3,714 | Up 601 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 7 | #4,315 | Up 358 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 6 | #4,673 | Down 967 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 9 | #3,706 | Up 711 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 6 | #4,417 | Down 392 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 6 | #4,025 | Up 171 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 6 | #4,196 | Down 752 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 8 | #3,444 | Up 510 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 6 | #3,954 | Down 91 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 6 | #3,863 | Down 941 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 9 | #2,922 | Up 528 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 7 | #3,450 | Down 16 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 7 | #3,434 | Down 745 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 10 | #2,689 | Up 467 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 8 | #3,156 | Down 969 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 14 | #2,187 | Up 217 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 12 | #2,404 | Up 870 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 8 | #3,274 | Down 1,069 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 14 | #2,205 | Down 3 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 15 | #2,202 | Up 935 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 9 | #3,137 | Down 1,114 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 18 | #2,023 | Up 3 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 19 | #2,026 | Up 325 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 15 | #2,351 | Down 232 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 18 | #2,119 | Down 193 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 21 | #1,926 | Down 254 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 25 | #1,672 | Up 437 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 18 | #2,109 | Up 269 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 15 | #2,378 | Down 562 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 22 | #1,816 | Down 289 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 27 | #1,527 | Up 278 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 21 | #1,805 | Up 191 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 17 | #1,996 | Down 257 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 20 | #1,739 | Down 645 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 38 | #1,094 | Up 134 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 25 | #1,228 | Up 237 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 16 | #1,465 | Down 44 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 15 | #1,421 | Down 121 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 13 | #1,300 | Down 33 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 13 | #1,267 | Down 163 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 14 | #1,104 | Up 31 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 13 | #1,135 | Up 7 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 12 | #1,142 | Up 411 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 7 | #1,553 | Down 627 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 16 | #926 | Up 166 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 11 | #1,092 | Up 226 places |
| 1903 | Girls | 8 | #1,318 | Up 2 places |
| 1902 | Girls | 8 | #1,320 | Down 93 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 8 | #1,227 | Down 56 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 11 | #1,171 | Up 425 places |
| 1899 | Girls | 5 | #1,596 | Down 498 places |
| 1898 | Girls | 10 | #1,098 | Up 69 places |
| 1897 | Girls | 8 | #1,167 | Up 416 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 5 | #1,583 | Up 9 places |
| 1895 | Girls | 5 | #1,592 | Down 107 places |
| 1894 | Girls | 5 | #1,485 | Down 48 places |
| 1893 | Girls | 5 | #1,437 | Down 99 places |
| 1890 | Girls | 5 | #1,338 | Down 202 places |
| 1888 | Girls | 6 | #1,136 | — |