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Verity

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Verity is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 107 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1070.01% of girls
Peak year
2020129 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1966
1,706people given the name
Babies named Verity, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,706 girls have been named Verity in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 129 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 40%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Verity
1960s6
1970s72
1980s80
1990s75
2000s213
2010s684
2020s576

In 2020, its biggest year

Verity was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2020 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Charlotte and Sophia. See all of 2020.

Names that rose and fell with Verity

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.