Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Velvet is an English primarily feminine given name derived from the name for the fabric. A young Elizabeth Taylor played the horse-crazy 12-year-old Velvet Brown in the 1944 film National Velvet based on the 1935 book by Enid Bagnold.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Velvet yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 6 | #4,934 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,354 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,557 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,630 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,412 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,615 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,430 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,175 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,512 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,146 |
| 1955 | 15 | #3,089 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,716 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,298 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,179 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,759 |
| 1960 | 73 | #1,292 |
| 1961 | 332 | #542 |
| 1962 | 261 | #626 |
| 1963 | 143 | #881 |
| 1964 | 117 | #989 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,166 |
| 1966 | 86 | #1,152 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,398 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,850 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,632 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,560 |
| 1971 | 85 | #1,300 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,168 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 71 | #1,437 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,458 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,132 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,062 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,803 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,643 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,153 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,785 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,155 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,226 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,654 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,969 |
| 1988 | 34 | #3,037 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,844 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,519 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,645 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,845 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,822 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,438 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,674 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,275 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,620 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,354 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,224 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,748 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,303 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,816 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,393 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,582 |
| 2005 | 11 | #10,097 |
| 2006 | 7 | #15,067 |
| 2007 | 12 | #10,103 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,729 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,383 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,868 |
| 2011 | 9 | #12,094 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,683 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,504 |
| 2014 | 15 | #8,035 |
| 2015 | 6 | #16,291 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,805 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,886 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,374 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,692 |
| 2020 | 8 | #12,065 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,422 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,264 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,947 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,482 |
