Velvet

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Velvet: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Velvet: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,411, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2411highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2001	#3998
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2005	#2682
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2017	#5765
2018	#3985
2022	#5669
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Velvet by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Velvet in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	33	8 of 10	4
2010s	24	7 of 10	3
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Velvet appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2411 in England and Wales in 1997.

Velvet's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,411, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Vemund · #147, 58y
Venche · #190, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Apphia · #2411, 15y
Avital · #2411, 15y
Bettie · #2411, 18y
Beulah · #2411, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Avital · #2411, 15y
Beulah · #2411, 24y
Deepika · #2411, 15y
Shams · #2411, 20y

Velvet and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Velvet without appearing here.

Velvet moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Velvet

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3936 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Janice Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #2226.

Moved the opposite way to Velvet

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Velvet

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Velvet went from #2411 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2411 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Velvet

Velvet at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Velvet by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Velvet at a glance

Velvet by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Velvet and the names beside it

Velvet moved ahead of

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