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Veronica

Gender
Girl
Say it
ve-RON-ik-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#427 for girls

Veronica is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bringer of victory”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 427th for girls in the US (730 babies).

What does Veronica mean?

Greek: Latin alteration of Berenice, influenced by vera icon, true image

“bringer of victory”

In Christian legend Saint Veronica wiped Jesus's face on the way to Calvary, and the cloth kept his image.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Veronica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 730 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Veronica in the UK?

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

In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Veronica, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 650th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 97 girls.

Half of all the girls named Veronica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were given Veronica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #604, up from #776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#83), 1944 (#52) and 1954 (#98).

1996Busiest: 97 in 20102025
Veronica in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202551#776
202437#996
202355#710
202234#1,066
202169#607
202063#650
201965#651
201858#744
201761#727
201671#649
201584#559
201481#573
201348#848
201279#591
201151#785
201097#479
200982#529
200863#648
200744#799
200641#809
200539#793
200434#866
200330#916
200233#812
200129#871
200039#692
199935#738
199842#657
199727#895
199634#733

How popular is Veronica in the US?

Rank in 2025
427th among girls
Babies in 2025
730 about 1 in 2,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 730 girls in the US were named Veronica, making it the 427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 385th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 4,378 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Veronica than any year since 1940.

Half of all the girls named Veronica in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 773 girls in the US were given Veronica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #426, up from #427 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 4,378 in 19802025
Veronica in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025730#427
2024805#392
2023744#411
2022774#407
2021734#430
2020808#385
2019883#358
2018887#357
2017820#380
2016812#410
2015893#367
2014873#373
2013965#334
20121,025#316
20111,114#284
20101,106#295
20091,171#279
20081,330#260
20071,482#241
20061,626#211
20051,684#206
20041,769#193
20031,835#177
20021,911#172
20012,088#154
20002,356#142
19992,831#115
19982,632#126
19972,544#126
19962,745#114
19952,599#121
19942,941#110
19933,095#103
19923,444#95
19913,441#100
19903,588#96
19893,712#85
19883,525#83
19873,616#80
19863,580#77
19853,875#72
19844,013#70
19834,069#68
19824,150#69
19814,313#68
19804,378#70
19794,062#76
19783,933#73
19773,853#73
19764,022#68
19754,060#72
19744,226#71
19734,152#71
19723,563#82
19713,427#110
19703,489#110
19693,451#108
19683,012#112
19673,179#108
19663,093#113
19653,074#125
19643,061#133
19633,014#139
19622,994#144
19612,729#154
19602,428#168
19592,293#167
19582,169#173
19571,941#185
19561,816#190
19551,716#194
19541,641#191
19531,614#191
19521,572#188
19511,473#195
19501,387#196
19491,424#192
19481,478#186
19471,353#198
19461,206#200
19451,034#195
19441,137#188
19431,239#182
19421,254#177
1941837#210
1940566#262
1939512#273
1938542#271
1937534#270
1936418#299
1935458#284
1934453#287
1933448#285
1932563#263
1931578#252
1930638#245
1929603#259
1928695#237
1927777#231
1926782#226
1925826#225
1924954#206
1923945#208
19221,028#196
19211,074#193
19201,039#192
19191,047#187
19181,117#182
19171,038#183
1916976#186
1915914#184
1914767#176
1913615#183
1912552#178
1911353#203
1910314#207
1909270#213
1908286#195
1907257#202
1906216#209
1905217#206
1904203#213
1903175#226
1902217#199
1901199#201
1900218#213
1899182#204
1898216#200
1897155#219
1896145#230
1895153#222
1894113#257
1893102#266
1892112#248
189185#265
189082#276
188960#315
188859#311
188735#364
188626#424
188534#341
188428#377
188329#331
188224#360
188115#434
188014#449

Nicknames for Veronica

Names like Veronica

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

Elena, Maria, Sara, Athena, Lara, Alexandra, Angelina, Valentina, Theodora, Georgina, Diana, Isabella

Other spellings of Veronica

Veronika

Names related to Veronica

Veronique, Verenice

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek name

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, “Veronica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/veronica, updated 20 October 2026.