Veronica
Veronica was given to 730 girls in 2025, #427 among girls’ names; 224,609 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 184,000 Americans named Veronica and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 32 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Veronica by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Veronica mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Veronica is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
From the Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon (“true image”) associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.
/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Veronica?
#427 among girls’ names, 2025
Veronica fell from #368 in 2015 to #427 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.50 to 0.45 per 1,000.
4,407 babies in 1980, the peak
Veronica peaked in 1980, when 4,407 babies were given it (4,378 girls, #70 among girls’ names). The 730 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 730 | #427 | 0.45 |
| 2024 | 805 | #392 | 0.50 |
| 2023 | 744 | #412 | 0.46 |
| 2022 | 774 | #407 | 0.47 |
| 2021 | 734 | #431 | 0.45 |
| 2020 | 808 | #386 | 0.50 |
| 2019 | 883 | #358 | 0.53 |
| 2018 | 887 | #357 | 0.52 |
| 2017 | 820 | #380 | 0.47 |
| 2016 | 812 | #410 | 0.46 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 893 | #368 | 0.50 |
| 2014 | 873 | #373 | 0.49 |
| 2013 | 965 | #334 | 0.55 |
| 2012 | 1,025 | #316 | 0.58 |
| 2011 | 1,114 | #284 | 0.63 |
| 2010 | 1,106 | #295 | 0.62 |
| 2009 | 1,171 | #279 | 0.64 |
| 2008 | 1,330 | #260 | 0.70 |
| 2007 | 1,482 | #241 | 0.77 |
| 2006 | 1,626 | #211 | 0.86 |
| 2005 | 1,684 | #206 | 0.91 |
| 2004 | 1,769 | #193 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 1,835 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 1,911 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 2,088 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 2,356 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 2,831 | #115 | 1.6 |
| 1998 | 2,632 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 2,544 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 2,745 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 2,599 | #121 | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 2,941 | #110 | 1.6 |
| 1993 | 3,095 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1992 | 3,444 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1991 | 3,441 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1990 | 3,588 | #96 | 1.9 |
| 1989 | 3,712 | #85 | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 3,525 | #83 | 2.0 |
| 1987 | 3,616 | #80 | 2.1 |
| 1986 | 3,580 | #77 | 2.1 |
| 1985 | 3,875 | #72 | 2.3 |
| 1984 | 4,013 | #70 | 2.4 |
| 1983 | 4,069 | #68 | 2.4 |
| 1982 | 4,150 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 4,313 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1980 | 4,378 | #70 | 2.6 |
| 1979 | 4,062 | #76 | 2.5 |
| 1978 | 3,933 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1977 | 3,853 | #73 | 2.5 |
| 1976 | 4,022 | #68 | 2.7 |
| 1975 | 4,060 | #72 | 2.8 |
| 1974 | 4,226 | #71 | 2.9 |
| 1973 | 4,152 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1972 | 3,563 | #82 | 2.3 |
| 1971 | 3,427 | #110 | 2.1 |
| 1970 | 3,489 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 1969 | 3,451 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1968 | 3,012 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1967 | 3,179 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1966 | 3,093 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1965 | 3,074 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1964 | 3,061 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1963 | 3,014 | #139 | 1.6 |
| 1962 | 2,994 | #144 | 1.5 |
| 1961 | 2,729 | #154 | 1.4 |
| 1960 | 2,428 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 1959 | 2,293 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1958 | 2,169 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1957 | 1,941 | #185 | 0.95 |
| 1956 | 1,816 | #190 | 0.90 |
| 1955 | 1,716 | #194 | 0.88 |
| 1954 | 1,641 | #191 | 0.85 |
| 1953 | 1,614 | #191 | 0.86 |
| 1952 | 1,572 | #188 | 0.85 |
| 1951 | 1,473 | #195 | 0.82 |
| 1950 | 1,387 | #197 | 0.81 |
| 1949 | 1,424 | #192 | 0.83 |
| 1948 | 1,478 | #186 | 0.87 |
| 1947 | 1,353 | #198 | 0.76 |
| 1946 | 1,206 | #201 | 0.77 |
| 1945 | 1,034 | #195 | 0.79 |
| 1944 | 1,137 | #188 | 0.86 |
| 1943 | 1,239 | #182 | 0.89 |
| 1942 | 1,254 | #178 | 0.93 |
| 1941 | 837 | #210 | 0.69 |
| 1940 | 566 | #263 | 0.49 |
| 1939 | 512 | #274 | 0.47 |
| 1938 | 542 | #271 | 0.49 |
| 1937 | 534 | #270 | 0.50 |
| 1936 | 418 | #299 | 0.40 |
| 1935 | 458 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1934 | 453 | #287 | 0.43 |
| 1933 | 448 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1932 | 563 | #263 | 0.53 |
| 1931 | 578 | #252 | 0.54 |
| 1930 | 638 | #245 | 0.57 |
| 1929 | 603 | #261 | 0.54 |
| 1928 | 695 | #237 | 0.60 |
| 1927 | 777 | #231 | 0.65 |
| 1926 | 782 | #226 | 0.66 |
| 1925 | 826 | #225 | 0.68 |
| 1924 | 954 | #206 | 0.76 |
| 1923 | 945 | #208 | 0.78 |
| 1922 | 1,028 | #196 | 0.86 |
| 1921 | 1,074 | #194 | 0.87 |
| 1920 | 1,039 | #192 | 0.87 |
| 1919 | 1,047 | #187 | 0.93 |
| 1918 | 1,117 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1917 | 1,038 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1916 | 976 | #186 | 0.93 |
| 1915 | 914 | #185 | 0.93 |
| 1914 | 767 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1913 | 615 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1912 | 552 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1911 | 353 | #204 | 0.84 |
| 1910 | 314 | #207 | 0.79 |
| 1909 | 270 | #213 | 0.78 |
| 1908 | 286 | #195 | 0.86 |
| 1907 | 257 | #203 | 0.81 |
| 1906 | 216 | #210 | 0.73 |
| 1905 | 217 | #209 | 0.74 |
| 1904 | 203 | #213 | 0.74 |
| 1903 | 175 | #227 | 0.67 |
| 1902 | 217 | #199 | 0.82 |
| 1901 | 199 | #201 | 0.83 |
| 1900 | 218 | #213 | 0.73 |
| 1899 | 182 | #204 | 0.78 |
| 1898 | 216 | #200 | 0.83 |
| 1897 | 155 | #219 | 0.66 |
| 1896 | 145 | #230 | 0.61 |
| 1895 | 153 | #222 | 0.65 |
| 1894 | 113 | #258 | 0.51 |
| 1893 | 102 | #267 | 0.48 |
| 1892 | 112 | #251 | 0.53 |
| 1891 | 85 | #266 | 0.46 |
| 1890 | 82 | #278 | 0.43 |
| 1889 | 60 | #318 | 0.34 |
| 1888 | 59 | #313 | 0.33 |
| 1887 | 35 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1886 | 26 | #430 | 0.18 |
| 1885 | 34 | #347 | 0.26 |
| 1884 | 28 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1883 | 29 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1882 | 24 | #370 | 0.22 |
| 1881 | 15 | #446 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 14 | #465 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Veronica a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Veronica has been given almost only to girls: 834 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Veronica: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Veronica, and how old are they?
184,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 224,609 Americans ever recorded as Veronica. The median Veronica alive today is 45 years old; half are between 32 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 234,659 people named Veronica (234,366 women and girls, 293 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 185,856 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,280 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 29,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 55,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 55,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 28,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Veronica born?
The states with the most babies named Veronica are California, Texas and New York, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 41,184 | #497 | 1.8× |
| Texas | 29,030 | #396 | 1.8× |
| New York | 20,681 | #609 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 11,859 | #483 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 11,620 | #348 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 8,033 | #361 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 7,986 | #425 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 6,480 | #362 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 6,319 | #334 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 5,071 | #474 | 1.7× |
Where Veronica is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Veronica is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Veronica with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 238,356 babies since 1880, Veronica is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 730 of their 781 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Veronica
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Veronica and names like it
- Compare Veronica and VerniceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sVeronica peaked in 1980.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Veronica since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Veronica: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Veronica.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Veronica alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with VMost given first.