Veronika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ve-RON-ik-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Veronika is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bringer of victory”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Veronika mean?
Greek: European spelling of Veronica
“bringer of victory”
The spelling of Veronica used in German, Scandinavian and Slavic languages.
Is Veronika a girl's or a boy's name?
Veronika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Veronika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Veronika, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 42 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Veronika than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Veronika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were given Veronika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #604, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Veronica 51
- Veronika 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Veronika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Veronika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Veronika, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 118 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had fewer girls named Veronika than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Veronika in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 773 girls in the US were given Veronika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #426, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Veronica 730
- Veronika 43
Veronika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 76 | #2,387 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 98 | #2,012 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,876 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,804 |
| 2006 | 106 | #1,905 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,932 |
| 2004 | 91 | #2,018 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,857 |
| 2002 | 86 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,804 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,948 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,622 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,790 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,977 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Nicknames for Veronika
- Ronnie 1,341 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Veronika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Prisha, Anaya, Ariana, Eliana, Varnika, Athena, Hana, Fatima, Isabella, Viha, Arya
Other spellings of Veronika
Names related to Veronika
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Veronika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/veronika, updated 20 October 2026.