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Verity

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #294 to #457.200020052010201520202025#294#457
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#311
1997#294
1998#312
1999#302
2000#329
2001#337
2002#438
2003#415
2004#398
2005#361
2006#409
2007#336
2008#363
2009#314
2010#334
2011#390
2012#366
2013#358
2014#344
2015#331
2016#354
2017#329
2018#349
2019#377
2020#354
2021#339
2022#457
2023#373
2024#408
2025#436

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #408 among girls in England and Wales, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #311 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1996–2025

    Highest recorded position: #294 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2025).

    England and Wales · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #436 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #294 in England and Wales in 1997.

Verity'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#43692HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#408105HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#373112HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#45792HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#339140HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#354125HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#377116HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#349137HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#329146HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#354135HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#331141HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#344133HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#358127HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#366131HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#390119HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#334140HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#314146HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#363121HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#336129HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#409103HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#361110HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#39893HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#41586HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#43873HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#337104HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#329104HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#302116HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#312115HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#294124HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#311114HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#4323HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#9053HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#7903HighVerified

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

Where Verity is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Verity, between 1996 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 1997Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: highest position in 2017Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2022ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419962025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
England and Wales1996–202530#294 in 1997
Northern Ireland20171#432 in 2017
Republic of Ireland20221#905 in 2022
Scotland20241#790 in 2024

Its high point came 27 years earlier in England and Wales (1997) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Verity

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1996–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #294 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.