Verity
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VERR-it-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #478 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,478 for girls
Verity is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “truth”. In 2025 it ranked 478th for girls in the UK (92 babies) and 1,478th for girls in the US (145 babies).
What does Verity mean?
English: virtue name, from Latin veritas via French
“truth”
One of the virtue names adopted by English Puritans in the 17th century, alongside names such as Prudence and Charity.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Verity a girl's or a boy's name?
Verity is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls in the UK and 145 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Verity in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #478among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were named Verity, making it the 478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 386th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 154 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Verity than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Verity in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 436th in England and Wales.
Verity in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #478 |
| 2024 | 108 | #437 |
| 2023 | 116 | #401 |
| 2022 | 96 | #482 |
| 2021 | 143 | #361 |
| 2020 | 126 | #386 |
| 2019 | 123 | #392 |
| 2018 | 143 | #358 |
| 2017 | 154 | #336 |
| 2016 | 143 | #364 |
| 2015 | 144 | #355 |
| 2014 | 141 | #357 |
| 2013 | 131 | #386 |
| 2012 | 134 | #392 |
| 2011 | 125 | #403 |
| 2010 | 144 | #352 |
| 2009 | 153 | #330 |
| 2008 | 126 | #390 |
| 2007 | 136 | #355 |
| 2006 | 104 | #428 |
| 2005 | 116 | #378 |
| 2004 | 97 | #415 |
| 2003 | 89 | #436 |
| 2002 | 73 | #473 |
| 2001 | 108 | #346 |
| 2000 | 110 | #341 |
| 1999 | 119 | #318 |
| 1998 | 117 | #336 |
| 1997 | 130 | #313 |
| 1996 | 116 | #337 |
How popular is Verity in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,478among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 145about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 145 girls in the US were named Verity, making it the 1,478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,616th. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had the most girls named Verity of any year since it first appeared, in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Verity in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Verity in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #1,478 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 121 | #1,699 |
| 2022 | 106 | #1,898 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 129 | #1,616 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,802 |
| 2018 | 112 | #1,813 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,464 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,972 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
Names like Verity
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Verity: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/verity, updated 20 October 2026.