Veer — #1077 US boys' name
2,672 babies named Veer in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Veer was born in this single decade.
224 babies were named Veer in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Veer
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,672 babies named Veer between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Veer currently holds the #1077 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 224 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Veer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Veer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 499 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Veer in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Veer 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 2,672 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.
Veer at a glance
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Current rank
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Veer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2023)
- 224
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #1077 among boys.
2,672 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 224 births in a single year.
Veer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,309 births that decade — 49% of Veer's all-time total
Veer decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,309 births
- Runner-up 1,002 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Veer's strongest decade
1,309 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Veer by state
Where Veer concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 499 | 18.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 325 | 12.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 220 | 8.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 215 | 8.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 164 | 6.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 101 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 91 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 68 | 2.5% |
499 of 2,672 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 12.2% of nationwide
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- New York 8.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Veer appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1997–2024 (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.