Veronica — #392 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Veronica

The Social Security Administration has registered 223,039 babies named Veronica between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Veronica currently holds the #392 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 4,381 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Veronica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39,233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Veronica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40,884 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Veronica in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Veronica 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 223,039 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.