Vere
Last seen for girls in 1924 at #5,061 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to boys 91.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 193since 1884
Vere over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
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| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
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| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
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| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Vere! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Vere
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1895 (#954 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1888 at #815 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1894
- Highest: 1 in 17,265 boys born in 1888 were named Vere (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- 45.1% of all boys named Vere (87) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1912, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 12 | #815 (1888) | #893 |
| 1890s | 11 | #954 (1894) | #1,017 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 62 | #1,986 (1917) | #2,463 |
| 1920s | 87 | #2,040 (1922) | #2,998 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,592 (1930) | #3,592 |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,338 (1945) | #3,536 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vere in 1888
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
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120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,265 of them was named Vere, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).