Is Velvet a boy or girl name?

Velvet is a girl’s name. Of the 3,101 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.8% were girls and 0.2% were boys.

Velvet

Recorded 1920–2025 · United States

Velvet was most popular in 1961, when 332 American babies were given the name — ranking #961 that year. In 2025 it ranked #14,309, with 12 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,101 people named Velvet.

Velvet over time

Births per year. The dot marks Velvet’s peak in 1961. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Velvet a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Velvet is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 3,101 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% 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 Velvet

Where Velvet 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