Veronica Girl
How popular is Veronica?
#427 girl name in 2025
730 baby girls were named Veronica in the US in 2025, making it the 427th most popular girl name.
Veronica popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #427 for girls (▼ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 730 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #367 in 2015, #385 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (4,378 girls) |
| Highest rank | #68 in 1976 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Veronica counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Veronica family of names ranked #401 for girls in 2025 (#372 the year before), with 773 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Veronica | 730 | 94% |
| Veronika | 43 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Veronica is most popular
Babies named Veronica per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 1.0 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Kansas: 0.9 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.9 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.8 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.8 per 1,000 (47 girls)
Veronica by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 324 | #311 |
| 1890s | 1,345 | #200 |
| 1900s | 2,258 | #195 |
| 1910s | 7,693 | #176 |
| 1920s | 8,723 | #192 |
| 1930s | 5,144 | #245 |
| 1940s | 11,528 | #177 |
| 1950s | 17,622 | #167 |
| 1960s | 30,035 | #108 |
| 1970s | 38,787 | #68 |
| 1980s | 39,231 | #68 |
| 1990s | 29,860 | #95 |
| 2000s | 17,252 | #142 |
| 2010s | 9,378 | #284 |
| 2020s | 4,595 | #385 |
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Questions
- Is Veronica a boy or girl name?
- Veronica is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Veronica were girls.
- How popular is the name Veronica?
- 730 baby girls were named Veronica in the US in 2025, making it the 427th most popular girl name.
- When was Veronica most popular?
- Veronica peaked in 1980, when 4,378 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #68, held for 3 years starting in 1976.
- How many people are named Veronica?
- 224,609 babies have been named Veronica in the US since 1880. We estimate about 186,257 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Veronica most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Veronica was most common in Wisconsin, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.