Veronica
Veronica is ranked 392nd among girls in 2024 (804 births). Its best rank was 68th, in 1976, 1981, 1983.
- Rank in 2024
- #392up 19 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8040.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 19804,381 births
- Best rank
- #68first in 1976
- Since 1880
- 223,039people given the name
The story in the numbers
223,039 girls have been named Veronica in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 4,381 births — 0.26% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 373 → 392).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1980s alone account for 18%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 21 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Veronica | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 324 | |
| 1890s | 1,345 | |
| 1900s | 2,258 | |
| 1910s | 7,693 | |
| 1920s | 8,723 | |
| 1930s | 5,144 | |
| 1940s | 11,528 | |
| 1950s | 17,623 | |
| 1960s | 30,035 | |
| 1970s | 38,787 | |
| 1980s | 39,233 | |
| 1990s | 29,859 | |
| 2000s | 17,251 | |
| 2010s | 9,377 | |
| 2020s | 3,859 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Veronica was the 70th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Veronica
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Suzannapeak 1973
- Elviapeak 1991
- Adenapeak 1975
- Rosanapeak 1983
- Mariapeak 1964
- Carlenapeak 1975
- Silviapeak 1991
- Rebeccapeak 1981
Other spellings in the data
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.