Vera

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Vera: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Vera: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #81, reached in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
140times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#81highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Vera's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1999	#3225
2000	#1995
2001	#2466
2002	#1530
2003	#2727
2004	#2278
2005	#1796
2006	#1748
2007	#2085
2008	#2022
2009	#1411
2010	#1180
2011	#2275
2012	#1428
2013	#1537
2014	#1367
2015	#1139
2016	#955
2017	#949
2018	#936
2019	#864
2020	#821
2021	#634
2022	#729
2023	#706
2024	#722

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #81 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #96 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #81 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #81 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Vera appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 2,280 births with the name.

Vera across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Vera's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#96 (1945)	#81 (2025)	#81 (2025)	81 of 81	2,280 (1945–2025)	77 (2025)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#262 (1965)	#718 (2025)	30 of 62	149 (1964–2025)	12 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#2411 (1997)	#634 (2021)	#722 (2024)	27 of 28	667 (1997–2024)	61 (2021)

Vera by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Vera in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	265	5 of 10	53
1950s	495	10 of 10	50
1960s	306	10 of 10	31
1970s	217	10 of 10	22
1980s	139	10 of 10	14
1990s	127	10 of 10	13
2000s	173	10 of 10	17
2010s	274	10 of 10	27
2020s	284	6 of 10	47

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 53 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2024 and 2025, when recorded births rose by 26, from 51 to 77.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Vera appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #81 in Norway in 2025.

Vera's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#722	52	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#706	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#729	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#634	61	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#821	44	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#864	42	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#936	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#949	39	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#955	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1139	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1367	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#81	77	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#106	51	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#117	47	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#139	36	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#127	40	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#150	33	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#170	31	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#168	32	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#146	39	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#162	37	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#196	29	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#182	33	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#222	26	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#299	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#313	16	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#341	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#294	18	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#226	26	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#283	18	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#376	11	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#275	18	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#245	21	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#230	22	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#358	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#297	15	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#269	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#285	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#279	16	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#262	18	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#297	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#426	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#352	13	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#463	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#385	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#506	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#344	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#494	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#316	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#376	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#278	17	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#290	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#265	18	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#255	19	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#261	18	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#247	20	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#295	15	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#239	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#242	19	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#212	24	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#191	27	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#186	28	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#227	21	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#192	25	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#167	30	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#172	28	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#156	32	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#180	25	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#156	31	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#157	29	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#158	28	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#145	32	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#145	31	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#121	40	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#133	34	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#127	35	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#116	40	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#92	62	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#92	60	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#94	59	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#95	58	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#117	43	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#104	53	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#108	51	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#103	55	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#104	56	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#123	44	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#113	55	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#96	55	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #81, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Venke · #105, 37y
Venus · #1250, 28y
Verity · #294, 29y
Vernon · #222, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edith · #83, 78y
Natalia · #79, 78y
Anton · #77, 81y
Fatima · #76, 80y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Preben · #81, 66y
Anniken · #82, 72y
Guri · #82, 70y
Haakon · #82, 80y

Vera was ranked #81 in Norway · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Vera and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Vera without appearing here.

Vera moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #4137.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2022 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1411 and #3936.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1428 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #4050.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Vera

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #1107.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #2189.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #1728.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Vera

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vera went from #372 to #718 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vera went from #372 to #718 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vera went from #372 to #718 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vera went from #372 to #718 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Vera

Grete Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Vera went from #96 to #139 and Grete from #28 to #484.
Kate Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Vera went from #96 to #139 and Kate from #233 to #490.
Reidun Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Vera went from #96 to #139 and Reidun from #17 to #425.
Jorunn Compare
Between 1945 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Vera went from #96 to #150 and Jorunn from #23 to #449.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #81 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Vera

Vera at a glance

What stands out in Vera's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vera across 3 official records

Vera by decade in Norway · Girls

Vera appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Vera

Vera and the names beside it

Vera moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Vera

Moved the opposite way to Vera

Moved the same way as Vera

Vera at a glance

What stands out in Vera's record

Vera across 3 official records

Vera by decade in Norway · Girls

Vera appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Vera

Vera and the names beside it

Vera moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Vera

Moved the opposite way to Vera

Moved the same way as Vera