Veronica

Boy · recorded 1916–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1989best year

Most popular in 1989.

Last recorded in 2007. 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 Veronica.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

0122419161939196219842007

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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 51 recorded years as a table
Veronica, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19185
19425
19483
19533
19564
19572
19594
19603
19614
19624
19635
19647
19654
19669
19674
19685
19696
197011
19718
197210
197317
197413
197522
197615
197718
197816
197921
198016
198117
198215
198315
198419
198524
198622
19877
198810
198924
19908
199113
19926
19937
19945
19955
19963
19983
19993
20023
20043
20062
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Veronica 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 2007
7
Rank in 2007
#9,788
How rare
1 in 296,487 boys
Since 1916
834

Veronica was last recorded in 2007. 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 1989, at 24 per million boys born.

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

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