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Vera

Gender
Girl
Say it
VEER-a
Origin
Slavic
UK rank, 2025
#776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#205 for girls

Vera is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “faith”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 205th for girls in the US (1,482 babies).

What does Vera mean?

Slavic: Russian, also linked with Latin verus, true

“faith”

From the Russian word for faith, also linked with Latin verus, true; Dame Vera Lynn was the Second World War's Forces' Sweetheart.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Vera a girl's or a boy's name?

Vera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 1,482 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Vera in the UK?

Rank in 2025
776th among girls
Babies in 2025
51 about 1 in 5,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Vera, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 64 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Vera than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Vera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Vera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 719th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#45), 1914 (#23), 1924 (#16), 1934 (#37) and 1944 (#82).

1997Busiest: 64 in 20212025
Vera in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202551#776
202455#735
202358#681
202255#728
202164#658
202045#862
201946#862
201842#942
201740#992
201643#930
201532#1,160
201424#1,418
201321#1,559
201223#1,474
201111#2,393
201030#1,167
200920#1,507
200813#2,046
200711#2,198
200615#1,681
200513#1,807
20048#2,406
20037#2,574
200212#1,649
20016#2,587
20008#2,097
19994#3,374
19980–
19976#2,552

How popular is Vera in the US?

Rank in 2025
205th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,482 about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
1.3% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,482 girls in the US were named Vera, making it the 205th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 246th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 3,923 girls.

2025 had more girls named Vera than any year since 1937.

Half of all the girls named Vera in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 3,923 in 19182025
Vera in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,482#205
20241,355#226
20231,333#224
20221,339#224
20211,310#229
20201,221#246
20191,284#253
20181,264#257
20171,160#280
20161,059#308
20151,054#310
2014891#365
2013721#422
2012615#498
2011573#512
2010431#671
2009306#894
2008254#1,030
2007208#1,205
2006161#1,403
2005154#1,392
2004125#1,572
2003101#1,831
2002104#1,742
200196#1,829
2000103#1,701
199964#2,304
1998102#1,595
199766#2,113
199680#1,824
199564#2,096
199492#1,629
1993103#1,516
199299#1,562
199198#1,558
1990101#1,519
1989104#1,423
198893#1,464
1987108#1,292
1986112#1,224
1985129#1,118
1984127#1,091
1983147#988
1982166#910
1981164#912
1980161#925
1979177#872
1978164#887
1977184#814
1976183#780
1975219#684
1974194#732
1973225#662
1972252#617
1971296#588
1970364#524
1969357#520
1968388#492
1967461#438
1966454#441
1965534#402
1964639#380
1963707#358
1962730#350
1961862#322
1960900#314
1959970#291
1958978#285
19571,050#269
19561,150#245
19551,170#236
19541,219#231
19531,192#231
19521,091#239
19511,110#231
19501,111#227
19491,114#221
19481,149#216
19471,218#213
19461,206#200
19451,143#179
19441,188#184
19431,266#180
19421,317#174
19411,266#170
19401,322#159
19391,411#153
19381,412#156
19371,496#149
19361,513#142
19351,813#124
19341,837#126
19331,865#121
19322,023#121
19312,161#111
19302,492#104
19292,549#99
19282,841#92
19272,942#89
19263,152#84
19253,280#86
19243,476#85
19233,375#82
19223,510#79
19213,631#76
19203,785#75
19193,848#65
19183,923#68
19173,714#66
19163,622#66
19153,460#65
19142,683#68
19132,209#68
19121,974#68
19111,510#67
19101,346#71
19091,242#67
19081,204#68
19071,152#68
19061,083#68
19051,053#71
1904993#70
1903899#75
1902947#73
1901860#73
19001,024#76
1899864#69
1898876#72
1897776#73
1896675#81
1895729#77
1894618#85
1893534#90
1892486#98
1891426#98
1890393#103
1889313#122
1888263#132
1887167#150
1886167#147
1885124#166
188491#197
188377#193
188267#203
188148#222
188048#223

Names like Vera

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ada, Eva, Nora, Lola, Clara, Rosa, Alma, Elsie, Florence, Violet, Martha, Mabel

Other spellings of Vera

Veera

Names related to Vera

Viera

More Slavic names

Mila, Milan, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Vera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vera, updated 20 October 2026.