Veta
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,021since 1889
Veta over time
Rank among girls' names. Veta has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,079 | 50 |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,017 | 57 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,103 | 48 |
| 1921 | #1,080 | 49 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1916 | #887 | 58 |
| 1915 | #934 | 50 |
| 1914 | #942 | 39 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Veta! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Veta is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#403 · 1 in 3,289
- Arkansas#477 · 1 in 4,189
- Texas#784 · 1 in 8,411
Best ever in a state: #233 in Colorado, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #403 | 8 | 1 in 3,289 |
| Arkansas | #477 | 5 | 1 in 4,189 |
| Texas | #784 | 7 | 1 in 8,411 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Veta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 438 spots in 1908 (#1,206 → #768)
- Biggest drop: 531 spots in 1910 (#990 → #1,521)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1908 at #768 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1914–1916
- Highest: 1 in 13,372 girls born in 1908 were named Veta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all girls named Veta (408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 86 | #835 (1899) | #1,133 |
| 1900s | 131 | #768 (1908) | #1,081 |
| 1910s | 343 | #887 (1916) | #1,108 |
| 1920s | 408 | #1,017 (1924) | #1,237 |
| 1930s | 279 | #1,102 (1933) | #1,430 |
| 1940s | 224 | #1,603 (1949) | #1,904 |
| 1950s | 277 | #1,679 (1950) | #2,024 |
| 1960s | 177 | #2,411 (1961) | #3,250 |
| 1970s | 57 | #4,362 (1973) | #6,570 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,095 (1980) | #9,095 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,685 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 12 | #14,124 (2017) | #14,542 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
Veta in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 25,164 of them was named Veta, which outranked 81.6% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,072Lavelle50
- #1,072Leo50
- #1,072Olevia50
- #1,080Veta49
- #1,080Carlota49
- #1,080Caryl49
- #1,080Earlean49
- #1,092Adah48
- #1,092Alease48
- #1,092Alvena48
Tied with 11 names at #1,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.