Vera is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has grown less common since.
Vera is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #205 for girl births in the United States (and #458 across all names), given to 1,482 babies — 1,487 including U.S. territories. Vera was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (3,923 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,482 | 1,487 | #205 | — |
| 2024 | 1,355 | 1,355 | #226 | — |
| 2023 | 1,333 | 1,333 | #224 | — |
| 2022 | 1,339 | 1,339 | #224 | — |
| 2021 | 1,310 | 1,310 | #229 | — |
| 2020 | 1,221 | 1,221 | #246 | — |
| 2019 | 1,284 | 1,284 | #253 | — |
| 2018 | 1,264 | 1,264 | #257 | — |
| 2017 | 1,160 | 1,160 | #280 | — |
| 2016 | 1,059 | 1,059 | #308 | — |
| 2015 | 1,054 | 1,054 | #311 | — |
| 2014 | 891 | 891 | #365 | — |
| 2013 | 721 | 721 | #423 | — |
| 2012 | 615 | 615 | #498 | — |
| 2011 | 573 | 573 | #512 | — |
| 2010 | 431 | 431 | #673 | — |
| 2009 | 306 | 306 | #897 | — |
| 2008 | 254 | 254 | #1,034 | — |
| 2007 | 208 | 208 | #1,210 | — |
| 2006 | 161 | 161 | #1,413 | — |
| 2005 | 154 | 154 | #1,399 | — |
| 2004 | 125 | 125 | #1,585 | — |
| 2003 | 101 | 101 | #1,843 | — |
| 2002 | 104 | 104 | #1,749 | — |
| 2001 | 96 | 96 | #1,850 | — |
| 2000 | 103 | 103 | #1,716 | — |
| 1999 | 64 | 64 | #2,339 | — |
| 1998 | 102 | 102 | #1,606 | — |
| 1997 | 66 | — | #2,136 | — |
| 1996 | 80 | — | #1,837 | — |
| 1995 | 64 | — | #2,123 | — |
| 1994 | 92 | — | #1,647 | — |
| 1993 | 103 | — | #1,528 | — |
| 1992 | 99 | — | #1,574 | — |
| 1991 | 98 | — | #1,573 | — |
| 1990 | 101 | — | #1,531 | — |
| 1989 | 104 | — | #1,434 | — |
| 1988 | 93 | — | #1,476 | — |
| 1987 | 108 | — | #1,298 | — |
| 1986 | 112 | — | #1,232 | — |
| 1985 | 129 | — | #1,127 | — |
| 1984 | 127 | — | #1,097 | — |
| 1983 | 147 | — | #992 | — |
| 1982 | 166 | — | #913 | — |
| 1981 | 164 | — | #919 | — |
| 1980 | 161 | — | #933 | — |
| 1979 | 177 | — | #874 | — |
| 1978 | 164 | — | #891 | — |
| 1977 | 184 | — | #818 | — |
| 1976 | 183 | — | #784 | — |
| 1975 | 219 | — | #686 | — |
| 1974 | 194 | — | #737 | — |
| 1973 | 225 | — | #663 | — |
| 1972 | 252 | — | #618 | — |
| 1971 | 296 | — | #590 | — |
| 1970 | 364 | — | #525 | — |
| 1969 | 357 | — | #520 | — |
| 1968 | 388 | — | #495 | — |
| 1967 | 461 | — | #439 | — |
| 1966 | 454 | — | #441 | — |
| 1965 | 534 | — | #402 | — |
| 1964 | 639 | — | #381 | — |
| 1963 | 712 | — | #358 | #4,591 |
| 1962 | 730 | — | #351 | — |
| 1961 | 862 | — | #322 | — |
| 1960 | 900 | — | #314 | — |
| 1959 | 978 | — | #291 | #3,277 |
| 1958 | 978 | — | #285 | — |
| 1957 | 1,050 | — | #269 | — |
| 1956 | 1,156 | — | #245 | #3,917 |
| 1955 | 1,170 | — | #236 | — |
| 1954 | 1,219 | — | #231 | — |
| 1953 | 1,198 | — | #231 | #3,777 |
| 1952 | 1,091 | — | #239 | — |
| 1951 | 1,110 | — | #231 | — |
| 1950 | 1,111 | — | #227 | — |
| 1949 | 1,114 | — | #221 | — |
| 1948 | 1,149 | — | #216 | — |
| 1947 | 1,223 | — | #213 | #4,233 |
| 1946 | 1,206 | — | #200 | — |
| 1945 | 1,143 | — | #179 | — |
| 1944 | 1,188 | — | #184 | — |
| 1943 | 1,272 | — | #180 | #3,525 |
| 1942 | 1,324 | — | #174 | #3,197 |
| 1941 | 1,276 | — | #170 | #2,483 |
| 1940 | 1,328 | — | #159 | #3,442 |
| 1939 | 1,424 | — | #153 | #2,044 |
| 1938 | 1,412 | — | #156 | — |
| 1937 | 1,514 | — | #150 | #1,684 |
| 1936 | 1,519 | — | #142 | #3,529 |
| 1935 | 1,829 | — | #124 | #1,832 |
| 1934 | 1,845 | — | #127 | #2,953 |
| 1933 | 1,879 | — | #121 | #1,987 |
| 1932 | 2,036 | — | #121 | #2,187 |
| 1931 | 2,172 | — | #111 | #2,462 |
| 1930 | 2,505 | — | #104 | #2,287 |
| 1929 | 2,565 | — | #99 | #1,997 |
| 1928 | 2,862 | — | #92 | #1,702 |
| 1927 | 2,957 | — | #89 | #2,187 |
| 1926 | 3,157 | — | #84 | #4,798 |
| 1925 | 3,292 | — | #86 | #2,582 |
| 1924 | 3,491 | — | #85 | #2,220 |
| 1923 | 3,385 | — | #82 | #2,929 |
| 1922 | 3,519 | — | #79 | #3,237 |
| 1921 | 3,639 | — | #76 | #3,499 |
| 1920 | 3,795 | — | #75 | #2,951 |
| 1919 | 3,857 | — | #65 | #3,106 |
| 1918 | 3,934 | — | #68 | #2,690 |
| 1917 | 3,724 | — | #66 | #2,719 |
| 1916 | 3,637 | — | #66 | #2,040 |
| 1915 | 3,466 | — | #65 | #3,806 |
| 1914 | 2,692 | — | #68 | #2,443 |
| 1913 | 2,217 | — | #68 | #2,262 |
| 1912 | 1,974 | — | #68 | — |
| 1911 | 1,516 | — | #67 | #1,727 |
| 1910 | 1,351 | — | #71 | #1,825 |
| 1909 | 1,242 | — | #67 | — |
| 1908 | 1,211 | — | #68 | #1,208 |
| 1907 | 1,158 | — | #69 | #1,335 |
| 1906 | 1,091 | — | #68 | #997 |
| 1905 | 1,053 | — | #71 | — |
| 1904 | 993 | — | #71 | — |
| 1903 | 899 | — | #75 | — |
| 1902 | 947 | — | #73 | — |
| 1901 | 860 | — | #73 | — |
| 1900 | 1,024 | — | #76 | — |
| 1899 | 864 | — | #69 | — |
| 1898 | 876 | — | #73 | — |
| 1897 | 782 | — | #73 | #1,051 |
| 1896 | 675 | — | #81 | — |
| 1895 | 729 | — | #77 | — |
| 1894 | 618 | — | #86 | — |
| 1893 | 534 | — | #91 | — |
| 1892 | 486 | — | #99 | — |
| 1891 | 426 | — | #98 | — |
| 1890 | 393 | — | #103 | — |
| 1889 | 313 | — | #122 | — |
| 1888 | 263 | — | #132 | — |
| 1887 | 167 | — | #151 | — |
| 1886 | 167 | — | #148 | — |
| 1885 | 124 | — | #166 | — |
| 1884 | 91 | — | #197 | — |
| 1883 | 77 | — | #193 | — |
| 1882 | 67 | — | #204 | — |
| 1881 | 48 | — | #226 | — |
| 1880 | 48 | — | #225 | — |