Girls' name · since 1920
Veronika
Veronika has 3,480 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,480
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
3,480 babies have been named Veronika since 1920, making it today's #3528 girls' name.
Veronika has 3,480 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3528 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #3,269 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,528 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,480 born since 1920
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veronika ranks #3,269 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,528 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,480 born since 1920, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,480
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
Veronika's 3,480 recorded births place it above 95.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Veronika compares
3,480 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Veronika's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Veronika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,480 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 118 | 21 | 19,840 |
Veronika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Veronika's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 118, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Veronika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 118
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Veronika by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (970 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Veronika's strongest decade.
970 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Veronika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 57
1950s
57 births
- 1960s 113
1960s
113 births
- 1970s 160
1970s
160 births
- 1980s 316
1980s
316 births
- 1990s
1990s
670 births
- 2000s
2000s
970 births
- 2010s
2010s
889 births
- 2020s 300
2020s
300 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 970 births (28% of all-time use).
How Veronika compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Veronika's total volume
Veronika by state
Where Veronika concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 468 | 13.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 262 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 223 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 188 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 102 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Washington | | 86 | 2.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 60 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 41 | 1.2% |
468 of 3,480 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Veronika appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Veronika's data
- Veronika's decade-level peak was the 2000s (970 total births); usage has since declined to 300 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Veronikas (468 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Veronika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Veronika 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.