Veronica is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Veronica is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #427 for girl births in the United States (and #875 across all names), given to 730 babies. Veronica was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1980 (4,378 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 730 | 730 | #427 | — |
| 2024 | 805 | 805 | #392 | — |
| 2023 | 744 | 744 | #412 | — |
| 2022 | 774 | 780 | #407 | — |
| 2021 | 734 | 740 | #431 | — |
| 2020 | 808 | 815 | #386 | — |
| 2019 | 883 | 889 | #358 | — |
| 2018 | 887 | 894 | #357 | — |
| 2017 | 820 | 820 | #380 | — |
| 2016 | 812 | 817 | #410 | — |
| 2015 | 893 | 900 | #368 | — |
| 2014 | 873 | 881 | #373 | — |
| 2013 | 965 | 973 | #334 | — |
| 2012 | 1,025 | 1,033 | #316 | — |
| 2011 | 1,114 | 1,126 | #284 | — |
| 2010 | 1,106 | 1,116 | #295 | — |
| 2009 | 1,171 | 1,193 | #279 | — |
| 2008 | 1,330 | 1,351 | #260 | — |
| 2007 | 1,489 | 1,516 | #241 | #10,847 |
| 2006 | 1,631 | 1,666 | #211 | #13,918 |
| 2005 | 1,684 | 1,723 | #206 | — |
| 2004 | 1,775 | 1,820 | #193 | #11,281 |
| 2003 | 1,835 | 1,887 | #177 | — |
| 2002 | 1,916 | 1,974 | #172 | #12,406 |
| 2001 | 2,088 | 2,139 | #154 | — |
| 2000 | 2,356 | 2,437 | #143 | — |
| 1999 | 2,836 | 2,931 | #115 | #11,538 |
| 1998 | 2,637 | 2,712 | #126 | #11,247 |
| 1997 | 2,544 | — | #126 | — |
| 1996 | 2,750 | — | #114 | #10,469 |
| 1995 | 2,609 | — | #121 | #5,908 |
| 1994 | 2,951 | — | #110 | #5,846 |
| 1993 | 3,108 | — | #103 | #4,683 |
| 1992 | 3,456 | — | #95 | #4,851 |
| 1991 | 3,468 | — | #100 | #2,602 |
| 1990 | 3,604 | — | #96 | #3,767 |
| 1989 | 3,760 | — | #85 | #1,656 |
| 1988 | 3,545 | — | #83 | #2,856 |
| 1987 | 3,630 | — | #80 | #3,513 |
| 1986 | 3,620 | — | #77 | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 3,919 | — | #72 | #1,523 |
| 1984 | 4,047 | — | #70 | #1,717 |
| 1983 | 4,095 | — | #68 | #2,081 |
| 1982 | 4,178 | — | #69 | #1,995 |
| 1981 | 4,344 | — | #68 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 4,407 | — | #70 | #1,963 |
| 1979 | 4,098 | — | #76 | #1,627 |
| 1978 | 3,960 | — | #73 | #1,910 |
| 1977 | 3,882 | — | #73 | #1,820 |
| 1976 | 4,046 | — | #68 | #2,050 |
| 1975 | 4,095 | — | #72 | #1,528 |
| 1974 | 4,246 | — | #71 | #2,194 |
| 1973 | 4,178 | — | #71 | #1,778 |
| 1972 | 3,579 | — | #82 | #2,414 |
| 1971 | 3,442 | — | #110 | #2,551 |
| 1970 | 3,510 | — | #110 | #1,985 |
| 1969 | 3,461 | — | #108 | #3,053 |
| 1968 | 3,021 | — | #112 | #3,099 |
| 1967 | 3,186 | — | #108 | #3,541 |
| 1966 | 3,109 | — | #113 | #2,038 |
| 1965 | 3,081 | — | #125 | #3,524 |
| 1964 | 3,074 | — | #133 | #2,404 |
| 1963 | 3,024 | — | #139 | #2,842 |
| 1962 | 3,002 | — | #144 | #3,293 |
| 1961 | 2,738 | — | #154 | #3,084 |
| 1960 | 2,435 | — | #168 | #3,650 |
| 1959 | 2,301 | — | #167 | #3,279 |
| 1958 | 2,169 | — | #173 | — |
| 1957 | 1,946 | — | #185 | #4,524 |
| 1956 | 1,825 | — | #190 | #2,960 |
| 1955 | 1,716 | — | #194 | — |
| 1954 | 1,641 | — | #191 | — |
| 1953 | 1,619 | — | #191 | #4,309 |
| 1952 | 1,572 | — | #188 | — |
| 1951 | 1,473 | — | #195 | — |
| 1950 | 1,387 | — | #197 | — |
| 1949 | 1,424 | — | #192 | — |
| 1948 | 1,483 | — | #186 | #4,176 |
| 1947 | 1,353 | — | #198 | — |
| 1946 | 1,206 | — | #201 | — |
| 1945 | 1,034 | — | #195 | — |
| 1944 | 1,137 | — | #188 | — |
| 1943 | 1,239 | — | #182 | — |
| 1942 | 1,261 | — | #178 | #3,200 |
| 1941 | 837 | — | #210 | — |
| 1940 | 566 | — | #263 | — |
| 1939 | 512 | — | #274 | — |
| 1938 | 542 | — | #271 | — |
| 1937 | 534 | — | #270 | — |
| 1936 | 418 | — | #299 | — |
| 1935 | 458 | — | #285 | — |
| 1934 | 453 | — | #287 | — |
| 1933 | 448 | — | #285 | — |
| 1932 | 563 | — | #263 | — |
| 1931 | 578 | — | #252 | — |
| 1930 | 638 | — | #245 | — |
| 1929 | 603 | — | #261 | — |
| 1928 | 695 | — | #237 | — |
| 1927 | 777 | — | #231 | — |
| 1926 | 782 | — | #226 | — |
| 1925 | 826 | — | #225 | — |
| 1924 | 954 | — | #206 | — |
| 1923 | 945 | — | #208 | — |
| 1922 | 1,028 | — | #196 | — |
| 1921 | 1,074 | — | #194 | — |
| 1920 | 1,039 | — | #192 | — |
| 1919 | 1,047 | — | #187 | — |
| 1918 | 1,122 | — | #182 | #4,773 |
| 1917 | 1,038 | — | #183 | — |
| 1916 | 981 | — | #186 | #4,496 |
| 1915 | 914 | — | #185 | — |
| 1914 | 767 | — | #176 | — |
| 1913 | 615 | — | #183 | — |
| 1912 | 552 | — | #178 | — |
| 1911 | 353 | — | #204 | — |
| 1910 | 314 | — | #207 | — |
| 1909 | 270 | — | #213 | — |
| 1908 | 286 | — | #195 | — |
| 1907 | 257 | — | #203 | — |
| 1906 | 216 | — | #210 | — |
| 1905 | 217 | — | #209 | — |
| 1904 | 203 | — | #213 | — |
| 1903 | 175 | — | #227 | — |
| 1902 | 217 | — | #199 | — |
| 1901 | 199 | — | #201 | — |
| 1900 | 218 | — | #213 | — |
| 1899 | 182 | — | #204 | — |
| 1898 | 216 | — | #200 | — |
| 1897 | 155 | — | #219 | — |
| 1896 | 145 | — | #230 | — |
| 1895 | 153 | — | #222 | — |
| 1894 | 113 | — | #258 | — |
| 1893 | 102 | — | #267 | — |
| 1892 | 112 | — | #251 | — |
| 1891 | 85 | — | #266 | — |
| 1890 | 82 | — | #278 | — |
| 1889 | 60 | — | #318 | — |
| 1888 | 59 | — | #313 | — |
| 1887 | 35 | — | #366 | — |
| 1886 | 26 | — | #430 | — |
| 1885 | 34 | — | #347 | — |
| 1884 | 28 | — | #384 | — |
| 1883 | 29 | — | #335 | — |
| 1882 | 24 | — | #370 | — |
| 1881 | 15 | — | #446 | — |
| 1880 | 14 | — | #465 | — |