Vera Name Popularity

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How popular is Vera?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Vera, ranked the 257th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Vera has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #65 for the first time in 1915 and as recently as 1919.

The greatest number of babies were given the name in 1918 with 3,923 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Vera was 48 in 1881.

Vera, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1881-1898, 1903-1916, 1995-1998, and 2001-2017, whereas 1930-1936, 1954-1957, 1959-1974, 1981-1984, and 1992-1995 were years of successive downward movement.

Vera's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Vera lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Vera?

Vera's popularity is at a low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Vera is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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		Vera (Girl)		Vera (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,257	257	< 5	--
2017		1,158	277	< 5	--
2016		1,058	308	< 5	--
2015		1,052	310	< 5	--
2014		889	365	< 5	--
2013		720	421	< 5	--
2012		615	498	< 5	--
2011		573	512	< 5	--
2010		431	673	< 5	--
2009		306	897	< 5	--
2008		253	1,036	< 5	--
2007		206	1,216	< 5	--
2006		161	1,412	< 5	--
2005		154	1,397	< 5	--
2004		124	1,592	< 5	--
2003		101	1,842	< 5	--
2002		103	1,769	< 5	--
2001		96	1,850	< 5	--
2000		103	1,715	< 5	--
1999		64	2,339	< 5	--
1998		101	1,617	< 5	--
1997		66	2,136	< 5	--
1996		80	1,837	< 5	--
1995		64	2,123	< 5	--
1994		92	1,646	< 5	--
1993		103	1,528	< 5	--
1992		99	1,574	< 5	--
1991		98	1,573	< 5	--
1990		100	1,542	< 5	--
1989		104	1,434	< 5	--
1988		93	1,475	< 5	--
1987		108	1,297	< 5	--
1986		112	1,232	< 5	--
1985		129	1,127	< 5	--
1984		127	1,097	< 5	--
1983		147	993	< 5	--
1982		166	915	< 5	--
1981		164	920	< 5	--
1980		161	932	< 5	--
1979		177	874	< 5	--
1978		164	891	< 5	--
1977		184	818	< 5	--
1976		184	780	< 5	--
1975		219	686	< 5	--
1974		194	736	< 5	--
1973		225	664	< 5	--
1972		252	618	< 5	--
1971		297	588	< 5	--
1970		366	523	< 5	--
1969		355	521	< 5	--
1968		388	495	< 5	--
1967		461	439	< 5	--
1966		454	441	< 5	--
1965		534	402	< 5	--
1964		639	381	< 5	--
1963		706	358	5	4,590
1962		731	350	< 5	--
1961		859	322	< 5	--
1960		901	314	< 5	--
1959		972	290	7	3,594
1958		975	286	< 5	--
1957		1,050	269	< 5	--
1956		1,151	245	6	3,913
1955		1,169	236	< 5	--
1954		1,219	231	< 5	--
1953		1,192	231	6	3,778
1952		1,090	239	< 5	--
1951		1,111	231	< 5	--
1950		1,112	227	< 5	--
1949		1,114	221	< 5	--
1948		1,149	216	< 5	--
1947		1,218	213	5	4,236
1946		1,207	200	< 5	--
1945		1,143	179	< 5	--
1944		1,187	184	< 5	--
1943		1,266	180	6	3,525
1942		1,317	174	7	3,198
1941		1,266	170	10	2,482
1940		1,322	159	6	3,444
1939		1,411	153	13	2,043
1938		1,412	156	< 5	--
1937		1,498	149	18	1,684
1936		1,511	142	6	3,529
1935		1,813	124	16	1,830
1934		1,837	126	8	2,954
1933		1,865	121	14	1,986
1932		2,023	121	13	2,186
1931		2,160	111	11	2,463
1930		2,492	104	13	2,289
1929		2,549	99	16	1,997
1928		2,843	92	21	1,700
1927		2,940	89	15	2,188
1926		3,151	85	5	4,798
1925		3,282	86	12	2,581
1924		3,476	85	15	2,220
1923		3,375	82	10	2,930
1922		3,510	79	9	3,237
1921		3,631	76	8	3,499
1920		3,785	75	10	2,950
1919		3,848	65	9	3,106
1918		3,923	68	11	2,690
1917		3,714	66	10	2,719
1916		3,622	66	15	2,040
1915		3,460	65	6	3,806
1914		2,683	68	9	2,443
1913		2,209	68	8	2,262
1912		1,974	68	< 5	--
1911		1,510	67	6	1,727
1910		1,346	71	5	1,825
1909		1,242	67	< 5	--
1908		1,204	68	7	1,208
1907		1,152	69	6	1,335
1906		1,083	68	8	997
1905		1,053	71	< 5	--
1904		993	71	< 5	--
1903		899	75	< 5	--
1902		947	73	< 5	--
1901		860	73	< 5	--
1900		1,024	76	< 5	--
1899		864	69	< 5	--
1898		876	73	< 5	--
1897		776	73	6	1,051
1896		675	81	< 5	--
1895		729	77	< 5	--
1894		618	86	< 5	--
1893		534	91	< 5	--
1892		486	99	< 5	--
1891		426	98	< 5	--
1890		393	103	< 5	--
1889		313	122	< 5	--
1888		263	132	< 5	--
1887		167	151	< 5	--
1886		167	148	< 5	--
1885		124	166	< 5	--
1884		91	197	< 5	--
1883		77	193	< 5	--
1882		67	204	< 5	--
1881		48	226	< 5	--
1880		48	225	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.