Girls' name · since 1951
Veena
Veena has 636 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,363 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 636
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
636 babies have been named Veena since 1951, making it today's #6363 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veena has been recorded 636 times among girls since 1951, currently ranked #6363 nationally and more common than 63% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #10,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,363 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 636 born since 1951
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veena ranks #10,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,363 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 636 born since 1951, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,363 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 636
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Veena's 636 recorded births place it above 85.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Veena compares
636 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Veena's all-time total is 69% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Veena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 636 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Veena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Veena's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Veena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Veena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (115 births, 18% of the file).
2000s was Veena's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Veena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
114 births
- 1990s
1990s
112 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 115 births (18% of all-time use).
How Veena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Veena's total volume
Veena by state
Where Veena concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.8% |
6 of 636 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Veena's data
- Veena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Veenas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Veena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~74 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Veena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.