Unisex name · since 2006
Veera
Veera has 675 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2849
- among girls today
- 675
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 84%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Veera is the #2849 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 675 recorded since 2006.
Veera has 675 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2849 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #2849 among girls today
- 675 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
- 84% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Veera is currently the #2849 unisex name in America, more common than 84% of girls - 675 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2849
- among girls today
- 675
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 84%
- more common than other girls
Veera vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Veera was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Veera in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Veera compares
675 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,726 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
Veera's all-time total is 77% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Veera | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 675 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 48 | 19,840 |
Veera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Veera's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 65, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Veera at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Veera popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #2849 among girls.
675 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 65 births in a single year.
Veera popularity over time - boys
44 total births recorded since 2018 (Veera as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Veera accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Veera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Veera's strongest decade.
332 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Veera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 43
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
300 births
- 2020s
2020s
332 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 332 births (49% of all-time use).
Veera decade highlights
- Peak decade 332 births
- Runner-up 300 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Veera 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 Veera's total volume
Veera vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Veera by state
Where Veera concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 89 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 43 | 6.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 20 | 3.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 18 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.7% |
89 of 675 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.2% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.0% of nationwide
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Veera's data
- California records the most Veeras (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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