Vera
#205 for girls in 2025, 1,482 births · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 3,848 births
- Debut · girls
- 48 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 39 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 149,456since 1880
Vera over time
Rank among girls' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #205 | 1,482 | — | |
| 2024 | #226 | 1,355 | — | |
| 2023 | #224 | 1,333 | — | |
| 2022 | #224 | 1,339 | — | |
| 2021 | #229 | 1,310 | — | |
| 2020 | #246 | 1,221 | — | |
| 2019 | #253 | 1,284 | — | |
| 2018 | #257 | 1,264 | — | |
| 2017 | #280 | 1,160 | — | |
| 2016 | #308 | 1,059 | — | |
| 2015 | #310 | 1,054 | — | |
| 2014 | #365 | 891 | — | |
| 2013 | #422 | 721 | — | |
| 2012 | #498 | 615 | — | |
| 2011 | #512 | 573 | — | |
| 2010 | #671 | 431 | — | |
| 2009 | #894 | 306 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,030 | 254 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,205 | 208 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,403 | 161 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,392 | 154 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,573 | 125 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,832 | 101 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,744 | 104 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,833 | 96 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,705 | 103 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,597 | 102 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,116 | 66 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,826 | 80 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,101 | 64 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,565 | 99 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,564 | 98 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,523 | 101 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,426 | 104 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,465 | 93 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,293 | 108 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,224 | 112 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,091 | 127 | — | |
| 1983 | #988 | 147 | — | |
| 1982 | #910 | 166 | — | |
| 1981 | #912 | 164 | — | |
| 1980 | #925 | 161 | — | |
| 1979 | #872 | 177 | — | |
| 1978 | #887 | 164 | — | |
| 1977 | #814 | 184 | — | |
| 1976 | #780 | 183 | — | |
| 1975 | #684 | 219 | — | |
| 1974 | #732 | 194 | — | |
| 1973 | #662 | 225 | — | |
| 1972 | #617 | 252 | — | |
| 1971 | #588 | 296 | — | |
| 1970 | #524 | 364 | — | |
| 1969 | #520 | 357 | — | |
| 1968 | #492 | 388 | — | |
| 1967 | #438 | 461 | — | |
| 1966 | #441 | 454 | — | |
| 1965 | #402 | 534 | — | |
| 1964 | #380 | 639 | — | |
| 1963 | #358 | 707 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #350 | 730 | — | |
| 1961 | #322 | 862 | — | |
| 1960 | #314 | 900 | — | |
| 1959 | #291 | 970 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #285 | 978 | — | |
| 1957 | #269 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1956 | #245 | 1,150 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #236 | 1,170 | — | |
| 1954 | #231 | 1,219 | — | |
| 1953 | #231 | 1,192 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #239 | 1,091 | — | |
| 1951 | #231 | 1,110 | — | |
| 1950 | #227 | 1,111 | — | |
| 1949 | #221 | 1,114 | — | |
| 1948 | #216 | 1,149 | — | |
| 1947 | #213 | 1,218 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #200 | 1,206 | — | |
| 1945 | #179 | 1,143 | — | |
| 1944 | #184 | 1,188 | — | |
| 1943 | #180 | 1,266 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #174 | 1,317 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #170 | 1,266 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #159 | 1,322 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #153 | 1,411 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #156 | 1,412 | — | |
| 1937 | #149 | 1,496 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #142 | 1,513 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #124 | 1,813 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #126 | 1,837 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #121 | 1,865 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #121 | 2,023 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #111 | 2,161 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #104 | 2,492 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #99 | 2,549 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #92 | 2,841 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #89 | 2,942 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #84 | 3,152 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #86 | 3,280 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #85 | 3,476 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #82 | 3,375 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #79 | 3,510 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #76 | 3,631 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #75 | 3,785 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #65 | 3,848 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #68 | 3,923 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #66 | 3,714 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #66 | 3,622 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #65 | 3,460 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #68 | 2,683 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #68 | 2,209 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #68 | 1,974 | — | |
| 1911 | #67 | 1,510 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #71 | 1,346 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #67 | 1,242 | — | |
| 1908 | #68 | 1,204 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #68 | 1,152 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #68 | 1,083 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #71 | 1,053 | — | |
| 1904 | #70 | 993 | — | |
| 1903 | #75 | 899 | — | |
| 1902 | #73 | 947 | — | |
| 1901 | #73 | 860 | — | |
| 1900 | #76 | 1,024 | — | |
| 1899 | #69 | 864 | — | |
| 1898 | #72 | 876 | — | |
| 1897 | #73 | 776 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #81 | 675 | — | |
| 1895 | #77 | 729 | — | |
| 1894 | #85 | 618 | — | |
| 1893 | #90 | 534 | — | |
| 1892 | #98 | 486 | — | |
| 1891 | #98 | 426 | — | |
| 1890 | #103 | 393 | — | |
| 1889 | #122 | 313 | — | |
| 1888 | #132 | 263 | — | |
| 1887 | #150 | 167 | — | |
| 1886 | #147 | 167 | — | |
| 1885 | #166 | 124 | — | |
| 1884 | #197 | 91 | — | |
| 1883 | #193 | 77 | — | |
| 1882 | #203 | 67 | — | |
| 1881 | #222 | 48 | — | |
| 1880 | #223 | 48 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vera was already there! It came in at #223, and was given to 48 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 68 girls a year got the name.
Where Vera is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#63 · 1 in 272
- Kansas#92 · 1 in 456
- Arkansas#93 · 1 in 390
- Oklahoma#93 · 1 in 438
- Louisiana#96 · 1 in 355
Best ever in a state: #11 in Utah, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #63 | 83 | 1 in 272 |
| Kansas | #92 | 27 | 1 in 456 |
| Arkansas | #93 | 49 | 1 in 390 |
| Oklahoma | #93 | 46 | 1 in 438 |
| Louisiana | #96 | 66 | 1 in 355 |
| Georgia | #99 | 80 | 1 in 397 |
| South Carolina | #100 | 53 | 1 in 413 |
| Alabama | #102 | 73 | 1 in 405 |
| South Dakota | #104 | 10 | 1 in 472 |
| Missouri | #120 | 45 | 1 in 622 |
| New Mexico | #122 | 14 | 1 in 419 |
| Arizona | #126 | 11 | 1 in 441 |
| Nebraska | #127 | 14 | 1 in 661 |
| Florida | #131 | 29 | 1 in 511 |
| North Dakota | #132 | 9 | 1 in 591 |
| Idaho | #133 | 7 | 1 in 610 |
| Michigan | #138 | 52 | 1 in 841 |
| Texas | #140 | 94 | 1 in 639 |
| Colorado | #144 | 15 | 1 in 606 |
| Indiana | #145 | 29 | 1 in 926 |
| Illinois | #152 | 57 | 1 in 987 |
| North Carolina | #156 | 51 | 1 in 738 |
| Maryland | #170 | 13 | 1 in 1,000 |
| Maine | #172 | 6 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Tennessee | #174 | 31 | 1 in 909 |
| California | #177 | 53 | 1 in 942 |
| West Virginia | #180 | 19 | 1 in 997 |
| Ohio | #186 | 36 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Oregon | #188 | 6 | 1 in 1,189 |
| Pennsylvania | #188 | 54 | 1 in 1,389 |
| New York | #191 | 68 | 1 in 1,319 |
| Minnesota | #201 | 14 | 1 in 1,622 |
| Virginia | #220 | 18 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Iowa | #221 | 10 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Kentucky | #225 | 20 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Wisconsin | #230 | 10 | 1 in 2,419 |
| Massachusetts | #235 | 11 | 1 in 2,672 |
| New Jersey | #239 | 12 | 1 in 2,153 |
| Washington | #274 | 5 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Vera
- 21 spots since 2024 (#226 → #205)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#246 → #205)
- 105 spots since 2015 (#310 → #205)
- Biggest jump: 223 spots in 2010 (#894 → #671)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1984 (#988 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1919 at #65 (3,848 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1891–1929
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1983
- Highest: 1 in 270 girls born in 1899 were named Vera (0.37%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,085 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- Its best rank, #65 in 1919, was only 1 in 294 (0.34%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.8% of all girls named Vera (32,541) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #65 (1919) → #2,307 (1999) → #205 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,365 | #122 (1889) | #176 |
| 1890s | 6,377 | #69 (1899) | #85 |
| 1900s | 10,457 | #67 (1909) | #71 |
| 1910s | 28,289 | #65 (1919) | #67 |
| 1920s | 32,541 | #75 (1920) | #85 |
| 1930s | 18,023 | #104 (1930) | #131 |
| 1940s | 12,189 | #159 (1940) | #190 |
| 1950s | 11,041 | #227 (1950) | #249 |
| 1960s | 6,032 | #314 (1960) | #402 |
| 1970s | 2,258 | #524 (1970) | #716 |
| 1980s | 1,311 | #910 (1982) | #1,135 |
| 1990s | 869 | #1,518 (1993) | #1,775 |
| 2000s | 1,612 | #894 (2009) | #1,461 |
| 2010s | 9,052 | #253 (2019) | #388 |
| 2020s | 8,040 | #205 (2025) | #226 |
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.
Vera in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
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More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 865 of them was named Vera, which outranked 96.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 193,195 of them was named Vera, which outranked 20.5% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).