Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Vera

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Vera
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

3,923

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

65.6%

2024

1,351

All-time

147,970

Vera has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 3,923 girls were named Vera.

In 2024, only 1,351 girls were given the name.

Down 65.6% from its peak.

All told, about 147,970 Americans have been named Vera and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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