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.

Veta

#4,448 most common girls' name of all time · #7,565 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1889–2021

Rank among girls
#4,448
Rank overall
#7,565 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
2,021
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1916 #892
Best rank
#785 1908
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Veta first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 5 5 #15,316
2017 6 6 #14,186
2010 6 6 #15,025
1999 5 5 #14,476
1990 5 5 #13,047
1980 6 6 #9,172
1977 5 5 #9,761
1976 8 8 #6,670
1974 7 7 #6,966
1973 13 13 #4,391
1972 6 6 #7,384
1971 11 11 #4,862
1970 7 7 #6,434
1969 14 14 #3,798
1968 13 13 #3,818
1967 7 7 #5,535
1966 16 16 #3,166
1965 15 15 #3,283
1964 17 17 #3,134
1963 22 22 #2,647
1962 25 25 #2,422
1961 25 25 #2,424
1960 23 23 #2,528
1959 29 29 #2,122
1958 29 29 #2,081
1957 24 24 #2,299
1956 23 23 #2,342
1955 27 27 #2,082
1954 30 30 #1,919
1953 20 20 #2,382
1952 34 34 #1,691
1951 30 30 #1,786
1950 31 31 #1,691
1949 34 34 #1,615
1948 24 24 #1,972
1947 23 23 #2,058
1946 30 30 #1,625
1945 14 14 #2,372
1944 20 20 #1,931
1943 18 18 #2,102
1942 21 21 #1,876
1941 19 19 #1,910
1940 21 21 #1,767
1939 31 31 #1,342
1938 22 22 #1,670
1937 27 27 #1,432
1936 23 23 #1,569
1935 26 26 #1,467
1934 27 27 #1,422
1933 40 40 #1,115
1932 22 22 #1,656
1931 36 36 #1,214
1930 25 25 #1,585
1929 27 27 #1,505
1928 31 31 #1,407
1927 50 50 #1,082
1926 32 32 #1,428
1925 38 38 #1,282
1924 57 57 #1,023
1923 41 41 #1,223
1922 48 48 #1,108
1921 49 49 #1,085
1920 35 35 #1,333
1919 39 39 #1,209
1918 46 46 #1,082
1917 38 38 #1,174
1916 58 58 #892
1915 50 50 #938
1914 39 39 #952
1913 20 20 #1,294
1912 27 27 #998
1911 16 16 #1,146
1910 10 10 #1,584
1909 17 17 #1,009
1908 25 25 #785
1907 11 11 #1,263
1906 12 12 #1,135
1905 15 15 #1,008
1904 8 8 #1,434
1903 9 9 #1,290
1902 13 13 #1,017
1901 11 11 #1,059
1900 10 10 #1,298
1899 15 15 #874
1898 11 11 #1,091
1897 5 5 #1,683
1896 10 10 #1,115
1895 7 7 #1,393
1894 9 9 #1,125
1893 8 8 #1,161
1892 7 7 #1,266
1891 6 6 #1,309
1890 8 8 #1,088
1889 6 6 #1,278