Veria — girls' name
358 babies named Veria in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Veria was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Veria in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Veria
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Veria between 1916 and 1965, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Veria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Veria performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Veria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Veria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Veria 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 358 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.
Veria at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Veria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1916
- Peak year (1924)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
358 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 16 births in a single year.
Veria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 92 births that decade — 26% of Veria's all-time total
Veria decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Veria's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Veria by state
Where Veria concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 358 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–1965 (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.