Vera

Boy · recorded 1897–1963

  • 1963last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Vera.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1897

0306018971914193019471963

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Vera, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189753
190660
190741
190845
191026
191127
191316
191414
19157
191617
191711
191811
19199
19209
19217
19228
19239
192413
192511
19265
192713
192819
192915
193012
193111
193212
193314
19348
193515
19366
193717
193912
19405
19418
19425
19434
19473
19533
19563
19594
19632

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Vera isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1963
5
Rank in 1963
#4,048
How rare
1 in 406,215 boys
Since 1897
398

Vera was last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1906, at 60 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Vera doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.