Veta

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251

Peak · girls
1908 · 25 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,021
since 1889

Veta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Veta has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #768, 1908girls
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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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Yeargirls
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2021#15,2515
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2018—
2017#14,1246
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2012—
2011—
2010#14,9596
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1999#14,4115
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1990#12,9585
1989—
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1981—
1980#9,0956
1979—
1978—
1977#9,6525
1976#6,6118
1975—
1974#6,9007
1973#4,36213
1972#7,2926
1971#4,81011
1970#6,3627
1969#3,77414
1968#3,78913
1967#5,4577
1966#3,14816
1965#3,26415
1964#3,10817
1963#2,61922
1962#2,41425
1961#2,41125
1960#2,51223
1959#2,10829
1958#2,07329
1957#2,27624
1956#2,32123
1955#2,06327
1954#1,90930
1953#2,36320
1952#1,68034
1951#1,77230
1950#1,67931
1949#1,60334
1948#1,95324
1947#2,04523
1946#1,61730
1945#2,33914
1944#1,91620
1943#2,07918
1942#1,86021
1941#1,88219
1940#1,74521
1939#1,32731
1938#1,65022
1937#1,41627
1936#1,54923
1935#1,44926
1934#1,40927
1933#1,10240
1932#1,63422
1931#1,19936
1930#1,56925
1929#1,48727
1928#1,39431
1927#1,07950
1926#1,41432
1925#1,27238
1924#1,01757
1923#1,21341
1922#1,10348
1921#1,08049
1920#1,31235
1919#1,19439
1918#1,07346
1917#1,16238
1916#88758
1915#93450
1914#94239
1913#1,27420
1912#97827
1911#1,11316
1910#1,52110
1909#99017
1908#76825
1907#1,20611
1906#1,10112
1905#96815
1904#1,3648
1903#1,2049
1902#97213
1901#1,00711
1900#1,23110
1899#83515
1898#1,04711
1897#1,5555
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2997
1894#1,0619
1893#1,0918
1892#1,1717
1891#1,2136
1890#1,0068
1889#1,1476
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First appearance
1889

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 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #423 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,121 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #355 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,620 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedHITexas: #553 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,504 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Veta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#355 · 1 in 2,620
  2. Missouri#423 · 1 in 4,121
  3. Texas#553 · 1 in 4,504

Best ever in a state: #233 in Colorado, 1931.

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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1908 at #768 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1910, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1914–1916
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,372
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.2% of all girls named Veta (408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s86#835 (1899)#1,133
1900s131#768 (1908)#1,081
1910s343#887 (1916)#1,108
1920s408#1,017 (1924)#1,237
1930s279#1,102 (1933)#1,430
1940s224#1,603 (1949)#1,904
1950s277#1,679 (1950)#2,024
1960s177#2,411 (1961)#3,250
1970s57#4,362 (1973)#6,570
1980s6#9,095 (1980)#9,095
1990s10#12,958 (1990)#13,685
2000s0——
2010s12#14,124 (2017)#14,542
2020s5#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 1916

girls
#887
58 births · 1 in 18,006 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #887Veta58
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 18,006 of them was named Veta, which outranked 82.8% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Veta
  1. #882Maurice59
  2. #882Rosaline59
  3. #882Vlasta59
  4. #887Veta58
  5. #887Annis58
  6. #887Luna58
  7. #887Margarett58
  8. #893Dale57
  9. #893Dawn57
  10. #893Dimple57

Tied with 5 names at #887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →