Verbal vs Vera

Side-by-side comparison of Verbal and Vera — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Verbal

Girl name

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Name B

Vera

Girl name · Rank #226

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Which name is more popular?

Metric Verbal Vera
Current Rank Unranked #226
Total Births (all years) 49 147,970
Peak Year 1920 1918
Peak Year Births 9 3,923
Peak Decade 1910ss 1920ss
Gender Girl Girl
First Recorded Year 1914 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Verbal Vera
1880ss — 1,365
1890ss — 6,377
1900ss — 10,457
1910ss 27 28,289
1920ss 22 32,542
1930ss — 18,022
1940ss — 12,189
1950ss — 11,041
1960ss — 6,031
1970ss — 2,259
1980ss — 1,311
1990ss — 869
2000ss — 1,612
2010ss — 9,052
2020ss — 6,554

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Verbal Vera
2014 — 891
2015 — 1,054
2016 — 1,059
2017 — 1,160
2018 — 1,264
2019 — 1,284
2020 — 1,221
2021 — 1,310
2022 — 1,339
2023 — 1,333
2024 — 1,351

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1914–1922.

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