Verena
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Verena is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Verena mean?
Germanic
A female given name from German.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Verena a girl's or a boy's name?
Verena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Verena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4 girls.
Verena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Verena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Verena, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
2025 had more girls named Verena than any year since 1916.
Half of all the girls named Verena in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Verena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,882 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,342 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,341 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,059 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,199 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,151 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
Names like Verena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda, Ada, Lola, Ella, Eliza, Violet, Etta, Amelia, Harriet, Eva, Rosa, Emma
Names related to Verena
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Verena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/verena, updated 20 October 2026.