Is Vela a boy or girl name?

Vela is a girl’s name. Of the 1,082 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Vela

Recorded 1888–2025 · United States

Vela was most popular in 1915, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,066 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,082 people named Vela.

Vela over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vela’s peak in 1915. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vela a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vela is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,082 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Vela

Where Vela is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org