Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vera

#273 most common girls' name of all time · #507 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#273
Rank overall
#507 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
149,854
Since 2016
12,807
Peak year
1918 #68
Best rank
#65 1915
Girls Boys peak 3,934/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Vera is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,482 — 1,482 #205
2024 1,355 — 1,355 #226
2023 1,333 — 1,333 #224
2022 1,339 — 1,339 #224
2021 1,310 — 1,310 #229
2020 1,221 — 1,221 #246
2019 1,284 — 1,284 #253
2018 1,264 — 1,264 #257
2017 1,160 — 1,160 #280
2016 1,059 — 1,059 #308
2015 1,054 — 1,054 #310
2014 891 — 891 #365
2013 721 — 721 #422
2012 615 — 615 #498
2011 573 — 573 #512
2010 431 — 431 #671
2009 306 — 306 #894
2008 254 — 254 #1,030
2007 208 — 208 #1,206
2006 161 — 161 #1,403
2005 154 — 154 #1,392
2004 125 — 125 #1,573
2003 101 — 101 #1,832
2002 104 — 104 #1,744
2001 96 — 96 #1,833
2000 103 — 103 #1,705
1999 64 — 64 #2,307
1998 102 — 102 #1,597
1997 66 — 66 #2,116
1996 80 — 80 #1,826
1995 64 — 64 #2,102
1994 92 — 92 #1,634
1993 103 — 103 #1,519
1992 99 — 99 #1,565
1991 98 — 98 #1,565
1990 101 — 101 #1,523
1989 104 — 104 #1,426
1988 93 — 93 #1,465
1987 108 — 108 #1,293
1986 112 — 112 #1,224
1985 129 — 129 #1,119
1984 127 — 127 #1,091
1983 147 — 147 #988
1982 166 — 166 #910
1981 164 — 164 #912
1980 161 — 161 #925
1979 177 — 177 #872
1978 164 — 164 #887
1977 184 — 184 #814
1976 183 — 183 #781
1975 219 — 219 #684
1974 194 — 194 #732
1973 225 — 225 #663
1972 252 — 252 #617
1971 296 — 296 #588
1970 364 — 364 #524
1969 357 — 357 #520
1968 388 — 388 #492
1967 461 — 461 #438
1966 454 — 454 #441
1965 534 — 534 #402
1964 639 — 639 #381
1963 707 5 712 #358
1962 730 — 730 #351
1961 862 — 862 #322
1960 900 — 900 #314
1959 970 8 978 #291
1958 978 — 978 #285
1957 1,050 — 1,050 #269
1956 1,150 6 1,156 #245
1955 1,170 — 1,170 #236
1954 1,219 — 1,219 #231
1953 1,192 6 1,198 #231
1952 1,091 — 1,091 #239
1951 1,110 — 1,110 #231
1950 1,111 — 1,111 #227
1949 1,114 — 1,114 #221
1948 1,149 — 1,149 #216
1947 1,218 5 1,223 #213
1946 1,206 — 1,206 #200
1945 1,143 — 1,143 #179
1944 1,188 — 1,188 #184
1943 1,266 6 1,272 #180
1942 1,317 7 1,324 #174
1941 1,266 10 1,276 #170
1940 1,322 6 1,328 #159
1939 1,411 13 1,424 #153
1938 1,412 — 1,412 #156
1937 1,496 18 1,514 #149
1936 1,513 6 1,519 #142
1935 1,813 16 1,829 #124
1934 1,837 8 1,845 #127
1933 1,865 14 1,879 #121
1932 2,023 13 2,036 #121
1931 2,161 11 2,172 #111
1930 2,492 13 2,505 #104
1929 2,549 16 2,565 #99
1928 2,841 21 2,862 #92
1927 2,942 15 2,957 #89
1926 3,152 5 3,157 #84
1925 3,280 12 3,292 #86
1924 3,476 15 3,491 #85
1923 3,375 10 3,385 #82
1922 3,510 9 3,519 #79
1921 3,631 8 3,639 #76
1920 3,785 10 3,795 #75
1919 3,848 9 3,857 #65
1918 3,923 11 3,934 #68
1917 3,714 10 3,724 #66
1916 3,622 15 3,637 #66
1915 3,460 6 3,466 #65
1914 2,683 9 2,692 #68
1913 2,209 8 2,217 #68
1912 1,974 — 1,974 #68
1911 1,510 6 1,516 #67
1910 1,346 5 1,351 #71
1909 1,242 — 1,242 #67
1908 1,204 7 1,211 #68
1907 1,152 6 1,158 #69
1906 1,083 8 1,091 #68
1905 1,053 — 1,053 #71
1904 993 — 993 #71
1903 899 — 899 #75
1902 947 — 947 #73
1901 860 — 860 #73
1900 1,024 — 1,024 #76
1899 864 — 864 #69
1898 876 — 876 #73
1897 776 6 782 #73
1896 675 — 675 #81
1895 729 — 729 #77
1894 618 — 618 #86
1893 534 — 534 #91
1892 486 — 486 #99
1891 426 — 426 #98
1890 393 — 393 #103
1889 313 — 313 #122
1888 263 — 263 #132
1887 167 — 167 #151
1886 167 — 167 #148
1885 124 — 124 #166
1884 91 — 91 #197
1883 77 — 77 #193
1882 67 — 67 #204
1881 48 — 48 #224
1880 48 — 48 #225