The baby name Velma appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2022. It was most popular in 1928 with 3,440 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Velma has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,478 |
| 1911 | 1,451 |
| 1912 | 1,928 |
| 1913 | 2,117 |
| 1914 | 2,457 |
| 1915 | 3,128 |
| 1916 | 3,228 |
| 1917 | 3,315 |
| 1918 | 3,370 |
| 1919 | 3,029 |
| 1920 | 3,195 |
| 1921 | 3,297 |
| 1922 | 2,924 |
| 1923 | 2,712 |
| 1924 | 2,744 |
| 1925 | 2,951 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1926 | 2,876 |
| 1927 | 3,197 |
| 1928 | 3,440 |
| 1929 | 2,795 |
| 1930 | 2,815 |
| 1931 | 2,475 |
| 1932 | 2,439 |
| 1933 | 2,114 |
| 1934 | 1,850 |
| 1935 | 2,034 |
| 1936 | 1,500 |
| 1937 | 1,532 |
| 1938 | 1,441 |
| 1939 | 1,240 |
| 1940 | 1,150 |
| 1941 | 1,145 |
| 1942 | 1,165 |
| 1943 | 1,451 |
| 1944 | 996 |
| 1945 | 895 |
| 1946 | 941 |
| 1947 | 903 |
| 1948 | 956 |
| 1949 | 830 |
| 1950 | 978 |
| 1951 | 960 |
| 1952 | 866 |
| 1953 | 891 |
| 1954 | 863 |
| 1955 | 730 |
| 1956 | 842 |
| 1957 | 790 |
| 1958 | 594 |
| 1959 | 647 |
| 1960 | 626 |
| 1961 | 580 |
| 1962 | 740 |
| 1963 | 346 |
| 1964 | 390 |
| 1965 | 312 |
| 1966 | 212 |
| 1967 | 248 |
| 1968 | 204 |
| 1969 | 171 |
| 1970 | 147 |
| 1971 | 120 |
| 1972 | 80 |
| 1973 | 113 |
| 1974 | 54 |
| 1975 | 37 |
| 1976 | 38 |
| 1977 | 29 |
| 1978 | 24 |
| 1979 | 41 |
| 1980 | 35 |
| 1981 | 30 |
| 1982 | 41 |
| 1983 | 13 |
| 1984 | 23 |
| 1985 | 36 |
| 1986 | 30 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1988 | 18 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |