first name
VERONICA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 234,659 people named Veronica, 55.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.3% as White and 13.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Veronica peaked in 1980, when 4,407 babies got the name.
At least 224,609 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Veronica by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #152. The largest share of babies named Veronica, 26.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Veronica is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Veronica has been most common in New Mexico (2.4×), Arizona (1.9×), and California (1.9×), and least common in Vermont (0.22×).
217,125 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Veronica
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Veronica, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Veronica ranks #38,989 of 156,621, with 610 people. See Veronica as a last name
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