Recorded 1914–1928 Boys' name Peak 1915 59 births

Veikko — boys' name

59 babies named Veikko in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s311920s28
1910s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Veikko was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

10 babies were named Veikko in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Veikko

The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Veikko between 1914 and 1928, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Veikko currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Veikko performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Veikko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Veikko 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 59 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.

Veikko at a glance

Last recorded 1928

Total births

59

Since 1914

15 years of records

Peak year

1915

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1928

Active since

1914

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 1928

Veikko popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1914

Last recorded 1928
Peak year (1915)
10
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
4681012 192819261924192319221919191619151914 7

Veikko by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
31 births that decade — 53% of Veikko's all-time total
1910s311920s28

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Veikko?
59 babies have been named Veikko since 1914. It was last recorded in 1928. The peak year was 1915 with 10 births.
When was Veikko most popular?
Veikko was most popular in the 1910s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Veikko been used?
Veikko has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 15 years of data through 1928.

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, 1914–1928 (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.