Girls' name · since 1919
Veretta
170 babies named Veretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
170 girls have been named Veretta since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Veretta has 170 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1975.
- #21,514 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1919
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veretta ranks #21,514 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1919, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Veretta's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Veretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Veretta splits its recorded history at 1954: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Veretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1975
- Peak year (1953)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Veretta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (60 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Veretta's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Veretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
60 births
- 1960s
1960s
44 births
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 60 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Veretta's data
- Veretta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Veretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1919–1975 (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 Veretta 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.