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How popular is the name Veer?

Births per year, rank history and how many Veers are alive today.

Veer (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 539th in 2025 with 72 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 77 babies were given the name, the 466th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2023, with 70 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 785 in 2024 before climbing back to the 539th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Veer is one spelling of a name also recorded as Vir; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Veer you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Veers born in England and Wales are between 5 and 16, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Veer - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Veer.

How many babies are named Veer each year?

Includes all spellings: Veer, Vir. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

020406080200020201996: 41999: 42000: 72001: 62002: 32003: 52004: 62005: 272006: 372007: 292008: 392009: 652010: 772011: 722012: 742013: 602014: 712015: 672016: 772017: 762018: 562019: 712020: 472021: 702022: 712023: 772024: 432025: 75actual

Where does the Veer spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 1,7032001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 2,4702004: ranked 2,3042005: ranked 9542006: ranked 7642007: ranked 9522008: ranked 7892009: ranked 5762010: ranked 4662011: ranked 5282012: ranked 5262013: ranked 6032014: ranked 5442015: ranked 5772016: ranked 5582017: ranked 5312018: ranked 6572019: ranked 5522020: ranked 7062021: ranked 5772022: ranked 5772023: ranked 5442024: ranked 7852025: ranked 539

Where does the Vir spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202005: ranked 3,2082006: ranked 3,3852007: ranked 4,3332008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 2,3182011: ranked 2,8922012: ranked 3,9872013: ranked 4,6852014: ranked 3,8952015: ranked 4,7472016: ranked 2,1752017: ranked 4,8122018: ranked 4,7492019: ranked 4,7022021: ranked 3,9902022: ranked 3,0492023: ranked 2,8142025: ranked 5,137

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.

Chart: babies named Veer per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 77 in 2010
Veer: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Veer most popular?

Veer peaked in 2010, when 77 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Veer?

At least 1,300 people named Veer in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Veer?

Most living Veers are between 5 and 16; the most common age is about 15.

Is Veer becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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