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.

Veronica

#187 most common girls' name of all time · #360 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#187
Rank overall
#360 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
224,609
Since 2016
7,997
Peak year
1980 #70
Best rank
#68 1976
Girls Boys peak 4,407/yr
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Veronica 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 730 — 730 #427
2024 805 — 805 #392
2023 744 — 744 #412
2022 774 — 774 #407
2021 734 — 734 #430
2020 808 — 808 #385
2019 883 — 883 #358
2018 887 — 887 #357
2017 820 — 820 #380
2016 812 — 812 #410
2015 893 — 893 #367
2014 873 — 873 #373
2013 965 — 965 #334
2012 1,025 — 1,025 #316
2011 1,114 — 1,114 #284
2010 1,106 — 1,106 #295
2009 1,171 — 1,171 #279
2008 1,330 — 1,330 #260
2007 1,482 7 1,489 #241
2006 1,626 5 1,631 #211
2005 1,684 — 1,684 #206
2004 1,769 6 1,775 #193
2003 1,835 — 1,835 #177
2002 1,911 5 1,916 #172
2001 2,088 — 2,088 #154
2000 2,356 — 2,356 #142
1999 2,831 5 2,836 #115
1998 2,632 5 2,637 #126
1997 2,544 — 2,544 #126
1996 2,745 5 2,750 #114
1995 2,599 10 2,609 #121
1994 2,941 10 2,951 #110
1993 3,095 13 3,108 #103
1992 3,444 12 3,456 #95
1991 3,441 27 3,468 #100
1990 3,588 16 3,604 #96
1989 3,712 48 3,760 #85
1988 3,525 20 3,545 #83
1987 3,616 14 3,630 #80
1986 3,580 40 3,620 #77
1985 3,875 44 3,919 #72
1984 4,013 34 4,047 #70
1983 4,069 26 4,095 #68
1982 4,150 28 4,178 #69
1981 4,313 31 4,344 #68
1980 4,378 29 4,407 #70
1979 4,062 36 4,098 #76
1978 3,933 27 3,960 #73
1977 3,853 29 3,882 #73
1976 4,022 24 4,046 #68
1975 4,060 35 4,095 #72
1974 4,226 20 4,246 #71
1973 4,152 26 4,178 #71
1972 3,563 16 3,579 #82
1971 3,427 15 3,442 #110
1970 3,489 21 3,510 #110
1969 3,451 10 3,461 #108
1968 3,012 9 3,021 #112
1967 3,179 7 3,186 #108
1966 3,093 16 3,109 #113
1965 3,074 7 3,081 #125
1964 3,061 13 3,074 #133
1963 3,014 10 3,024 #139
1962 2,994 8 3,002 #144
1961 2,729 9 2,738 #154
1960 2,428 7 2,435 #168
1959 2,293 8 2,301 #167
1958 2,169 — 2,169 #173
1957 1,941 5 1,946 #185
1956 1,816 9 1,825 #190
1955 1,716 — 1,716 #194
1954 1,641 — 1,641 #191
1953 1,614 5 1,619 #191
1952 1,572 — 1,572 #188
1951 1,473 — 1,473 #195
1950 1,387 — 1,387 #197
1949 1,424 — 1,424 #192
1948 1,478 5 1,483 #186
1947 1,353 — 1,353 #198
1946 1,206 — 1,206 #201
1945 1,034 — 1,034 #195
1944 1,137 — 1,137 #188
1943 1,239 — 1,239 #182
1942 1,254 7 1,261 #178
1941 837 — 837 #210
1940 566 — 566 #263
1939 512 — 512 #274
1938 542 — 542 #271
1937 534 — 534 #270
1936 418 — 418 #299
1935 458 — 458 #285
1934 453 — 453 #287
1933 448 — 448 #285
1932 563 — 563 #263
1931 578 — 578 #252
1930 638 — 638 #245
1929 603 — 603 #259
1928 695 — 695 #237
1927 777 — 777 #231
1926 782 — 782 #226
1925 826 — 826 #225
1924 954 — 954 #206
1923 945 — 945 #208
1922 1,028 — 1,028 #196
1921 1,074 — 1,074 #194
1920 1,039 — 1,039 #192
1919 1,047 — 1,047 #187
1918 1,117 5 1,122 #182
1917 1,038 — 1,038 #183
1916 976 5 981 #186
1915 914 — 914 #185
1914 767 — 767 #176
1913 615 — 615 #183
1912 552 — 552 #178
1911 353 — 353 #203
1910 314 — 314 #207
1909 270 — 270 #213
1908 286 — 286 #195
1907 257 — 257 #202
1906 216 — 216 #210
1905 217 — 217 #209
1904 203 — 203 #214
1903 175 — 175 #227
1902 217 — 217 #199
1901 199 — 199 #201
1900 218 — 218 #213
1899 182 — 182 #204
1898 216 — 216 #200
1897 155 — 155 #220
1896 145 — 145 #230
1895 153 — 153 #222
1894 113 — 113 #258
1893 102 — 102 #267
1892 112 — 112 #251
1891 85 — 85 #266
1890 82 — 82 #278
1889 60 — 60 #317
1888 59 — 59 #313
1887 35 — 35 #365
1886 26 — 26 #427
1885 34 — 34 #346
1884 28 — 28 #382
1883 29 — 29 #333
1882 24 — 24 #369
1881 15 — 15 #441
1880 14 — 14 #465