Boys' name · since 1911
Veto
Veto has 205 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,822 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 205
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Veto sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 205 recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veto has been recorded 205 times among boys since 1911, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1972.
- #12,822 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 205 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veto ranks #12,822 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 205 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,822 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 205
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Veto's 205 recorded births place it above 71.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Veto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Veto splits its recorded history at 1923: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1911 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Veto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1972
- Peak year (1918)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Veto by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (97 births, 47% of the file).
1920s was Veto's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Veto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
82 births
- 1920s
1920s
97 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 97 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Veto's decade-level peak was the 1920s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Veto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1911–1972 (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 Veto 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.