Veena — #6671 US girls' name
618 babies named Veena in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Veena was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Veena in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Veena
The Social Security Administration has registered 618 babies named Veena between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Veena currently holds the #6671 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Veena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Veena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Veena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Veena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 618 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Veena at a glance
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Current rank
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Veena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2003)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #6671 among girls.
618 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 17 births in a single year.
Veena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 115 births that decade — 19% of Veena's all-time total
Veena decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Veena's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Veena by state
Where Veena concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.8% |
6 of 618 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.