Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Velma (girls)

18,454 all-time US births Peaked 1917 with 2,411 births (rank #99)

4,135 births · 22.4%

3,667 births · 19.9%

3,127 births · 16.9%

3,094 births · 16.8%

2,835 births · 15.4%

2,355 births · 12.8%

2,243 births · 12.2%

2,181 births · 11.8%

1,987 births · 10.8%

1,768 births · 9.6%

1,415 births · 7.7%

1,064 births · 5.8%

968 births · 5.2%

576 births · 3.1%

501 births · 2.7%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Velma (girls)

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