Recorded 1930–1979 Girls' name Peak 1963 165 births

Verita — girls' name

165 babies named Verita in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s51940s191950s461960s711970s24
1960s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Verita was born in this single decade.

1963
Single peak year

13 babies were named Verita in 1963 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Verita

The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Verita between 1930 and 1979, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Verita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Verita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Verita 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 165 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.

Verita at a glance

Last recorded 1979

Total births

165

Since 1930

50 years of records

Peak year

1963

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1979

Active since

1930

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 1979

Verita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1930

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1963)
13
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
468101214 197919701967196319601955195119471930 5

Verita by decade

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

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
71 births that decade — 43% of Verita's all-time total
1930s51940s191950s461960s711970s24

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Verita?
165 babies have been named Verita since 1930. It was last recorded in 1979. The peak year was 1963 with 13 births.
When was Verita most popular?
Verita was most popular in the 1960s decade with 71 total births. The single peak year was 1963.
How long has the name Verita been used?
Verita has been recorded in Social Security data since 1930, spanning 50 years of data through 1979.
What names are similar to Verita?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Veronica, Vera, Verna, Verda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1930–1979 (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.