Veronica

#427 for girls in 2025, 730 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #9,788
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 4,313 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
223,775
since 1880

Veronica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #68, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#427730
2024#392805
2023#411744
2022#407774
2021#430734
2020#385808
2019#358883
2018#357887
2017#380820
2016#410812
2015#367893
2014#373873
2013#334965
2012#3161,025
2011#2841,114
2010#2951,106
2009#2791,171
2008#2601,330
2007#2411,482#9,7887
2006#2111,626#12,0555
2005#2061,684
2004#1931,769#9,9486
2003#1771,835
2002#1721,911#10,6675
2001#1542,088
2000#1422,356
1999#1152,831#9,9125
1998#1262,632#9,6315
1997#1262,544
1996#1142,745#9,0155
1995#1212,599#5,50110
1994#1102,941#5,45210
1993#1033,095#4,44713
1992#953,444#4,56412
1991#1003,441#2,54427
1990#963,588#3,60716
1989#853,712#1,64148
1988#833,525#2,76520
1987#803,616#3,33914
1986#773,580#1,61740
1985#723,875#1,50444
1984#704,013#1,69034
1983#684,069#2,01726
1982#694,150#1,92928
1981#684,313#1,81131
1980#704,378#1,91029
1979#764,062#1,59836
1978#733,933#1,87027
1977#733,853#1,78029
1976#684,022#1,99924
1975#724,060#1,50535
1974#714,226#2,12920
1973#714,152#1,73626
1972#823,563#2,32316
1971#1103,427#2,46415
1970#1103,489#1,93921
1969#1083,451#2,86110
1968#1123,012#2,9079
1967#1083,179#3,2317
1966#1133,093#1,96316
1965#1253,074#3,2447
1964#1333,061#2,31013
1963#1393,014#2,67310
1962#1442,994#3,0418
1961#1542,729#2,9009
1960#1682,428#3,3377
1959#1672,293#3,0378
1958#1732,169
1957#1851,941#3,9935
1956#1901,816#2,7989
1955#1941,716
1954#1911,641
1953#1911,614#3,7985
1952#1881,572
1951#1951,473
1950#1961,387
1949#1921,424
1948#1861,478#3,6685
1947#1981,353
1946#2001,206
1945#1951,034
1944#1881,137
1943#1821,239
1942#1771,254#2,9407
1941#210837
1940#262566
1939#273512
1938#271542
1937#270534
1936#299418
1935#284458
1934#287453
1933#285448
1932#263563
1931#252578
1930#245638
1929#259603
1928#237695
1927#231777
1926#226782
1925#225826
1924#206954
1923#208945
1922#1961,028
1921#1931,074
1920#1921,039
1919#1871,047
1918#1821,117#4,1795
1917#1831,038
1916#186976#3,8975
1915#184914
1914#176767
1913#183615
1912#178552
1911#203353
1910#207314
1909#213270
1908#195286
1907#202257
1906#209216
1905#206217
1904#213203
1903#226175
1902#199217
1901#201199
1900#213218
1899#204182
1898#200216
1897#219155
1896#230145
1895#222153
1894#257113
1893#266102
1892#248112
1891#26585
1890#27682
1889#31560
1888#31159
1887#36435
1886#42426
1885#34134
1884#37728
1883#33129
1882#36024
1881#43415
1880#44914
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Veronica was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.

See more about Veronica
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#392#427)
  • 42 spots since 2020 (#385#427)
  • 60 spots since 2015 (#367#427)
  • Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1882 (#434#360)
  • Biggest drop: 83 spots in 1886 (#341#424)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1981 at #68 (4,313 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1972–1992
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 347
  • Highest: 1 in 347 girls born in 1974 were named Veronica (0.29%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,202 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #68 in 1981, was only 1 in 387 (0.26%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 17.5% of all girls named Veronica (39,231) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s324#311 (1888)#371
1890s1,345#200 (1898)#239
1900s2,258#195 (1908)#208
1910s7,693#176 (1914)#187
1920s8,723#192 (1920)#217
1930s5,144#245 (1930)#273
1940s11,528#177 (1942)#199
1950s17,622#167 (1959)#187
1960s30,035#108 (1969)#130
1970s38,787#68 (1976)#81
1980s39,231#68 (1981)#74
1990s29,860#95 (1992)#111
2000s17,252#142 (2000)#204
2010s9,378#284 (2011)#347
2020s4,595#385 (2020)#409

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Veronica in 1964

girls
#133
3,061 births · 1 in 619 girls
boys
#2,310
13 births · 1 in 153,284 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #133Veronica3,061

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #2,310Veronica13
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 619 of them was named Veronica, which outranked 98.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Veronica
  1. #130Yvonne3,133
  2. #131Becky3,103
  3. #132Helen3,100
  4. #133Veronica3,061
  5. #134Carrie2,975
  6. #135Sheryl2,957
  7. #136Crystal2,945
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 153,284 of them was named Veronica, which outranked 49.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Veronica
  1. #2,205Troyce14
  2. #2,205Washington14
  3. #2,205Zeke14
  4. #2,310Veronica13
  5. #2,310Acie13
  6. #2,310Albino13
  7. #2,310Aldon13
  8. #2,409Adolf12
  9. #2,409Almon12
  10. #2,409Alvino12

Tied with 98 names at #2,310; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964