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.

Verity: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #294, and it stood at #408 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#294highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Verity's record

Moved 118 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
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

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 2024.

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

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #294 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #408 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Verity by decade in England and Wales · 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 Verity in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	469	4 of 10	117
2000s	1,069	10 of 10	107
2010sbusiest	1,325	10 of 10	133
2020s	574	5 of 10	115

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 133 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births fell by 48, from 140 to 92.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Verity 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. 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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#408	105	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#373	112	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#457	92	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#339	140	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#354	125	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#377	116	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#349	137	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#329	146	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#354	135	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#331	141	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#344	133	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#358	127	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#366	131	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#390	119	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#334	140	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#314	146	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#363	121	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#336	129	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#409	103	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#361	110	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#398	93	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#415	86	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#438	73	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#337	104	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#329	104	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#302	116	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#312	115	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#294	124	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#311	114	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	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
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 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #294, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 146 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 28 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Fearne · #295, 24y
Tate · #295, 29y
Annabella · #296, 29y
Bobbi · #291, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kaya · #294, 29y
Krish · #294, 26y
Caithlin · #293, 13y
Caitlain · #293, 11y

Verity was ranked #294 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. 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.

Verity 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 Verity without appearing here.

Verity moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #329 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #337 and #871.
Stephanie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #354 and #354 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #329 and #526.
Jennifer Compare
In 2022 they stood at #457 and #457 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #373 and #569.
Jordan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #415 and #299 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #398 and #581.

Moved ahead of Verity

Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #415 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #398 and #155.
Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #349 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #377 and #218.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #334 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #390 and #261.
Evelyn Compare
In 2000 they stood at #329 and #371 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #337 and #246.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #294 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What stands out in Verity's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Verity by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Verity

Verity and the names beside it

Verity moved ahead of

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Verity at a glance

What stands out in Verity's record

Verity by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Verity appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Verity

Verity and the names beside it

Verity moved ahead of

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