Name profile

Velia

A name of Roman family origin meaning "concealed".

OriginRoman family
Usage languagesItalian
US rank (2025)#8,860

Meaning and history

Velia comes from the Roman family name Velius, which may mean “concealed” in Latin.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 5 births, rank #17,168
2007: 12 births, rank #9,539
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 11 births, rank #9,790
20112011: 11 births, rank #9,723
2012: 8 births, rank #12,199
2013: 7 births, rank #13,150
2014: 8 births, rank #11,931
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 5 births, rank #16,215
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 10 births, rank #9,736
2020: 7 births, rank #12,142
20212021: 7 births, rank #12,206
2022: 10 births, rank #9,680
2023: 13 births, rank #8,055
2024: 6 births, rank #13,477
20252025: 11 births, rank #8,860

Velia moved from #840 to #924 for girls between 1929 and 1930. Its highest annual birth count came in 1929, with 72 births.