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How popular is the name Veronica?
Births per year, rank history and how many Veronicas are alive today.
Veronica (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 763rd in 2025 with 48 given the name. The name peaked in 1944, when around 790 babies were given the name, the 52nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 21,000 babies have been named Veronica in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Veronica include Ronnie.
The Veronica you are most likely to meet is around 81 years old. Half of all Veronicas born in England and Wales are between 54 and 81, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Veronica.
How many babies are named Veronica each year?
Where does Veronica rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Veronica most popular?
Veronica peaked in 1944, when around 790 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Veronica?
At least 17,000 people named Veronica born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Veronica?
Most living Veronicas are between 54 and 81; the most common age is about 81.
Is Veronica becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.