Girl
Velma
Velma is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyPossibly a variant of Wilhelmina
EtymologyMeaning "resolute protector"
Births by decade
1900s
6,589
1910s
18,742
1920s
23,020
1930s
14,359
1940s
9,309
1950s
6,876
1960s
3,695
1970s
1,134
1980s
511
1990s
192
2000s
96
2010s
72
Peaked in the 1920s · 84,595 total U.S. births since 1900