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How popular is “Vera” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vera” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Vera” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Vera” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Vera” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Vera” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Vera” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vera” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 48 0.000238232 48 100%
1881 48 0.000249107 48 100%
1882 67 0.000302438 67 100%
1883 77 0.000354927 77 100%
1884 91 0.000373777 91 100%
1885 124 0.000514835 124 100%
1886 167 0.000654091 167 100%
1887 167 0.000675042 167 100%
1888 263 0.000878206 263 100%
1889 313 0.001083247 313 100%
1890 393 0.001303911 393 100%
1891 426 0.001486014 426 100%
1892 486 0.001453462 486 100%
1893 534 0.00164195 534 100%
1894 618 0.001824677 618 100%
1895 729 0.002076805 729 100%
1896 675 0.001888196 675 100%
1897 782 0.002253882 776 6 98%
1898 876 0.00229647 876 100%
1899 864 0.002546915 864 100%
1900 1024 0.002274252 1024 100%
1901 860 0.0024869 860 100%
1902 947 0.002448718 947 100%
1903 899 0.002358342 899 100%
1904 993 0.002461058 993 100%
1905 1053 0.002483947 1053 100%
1906 1091 0.002546382 1083 8 99%
1907 1158 0.002488236 1152 6 99%
1908 1211 0.002478261 1204 7 99%
1909 1242 0.002429463 1242 100%
1910 1351 0.002287074 1346 5 99%
1911 1516 0.002353021 1510 6 99%
1912 1974 0.00199785 1974 100%
1913 2217 0.001949679 2209 8 99%
1914 2692 0.001900668 2683 9 99%
1915 3466 0.001891482 3460 6 100%
1916 3637 0.001880153 3622 15 99%
1917 3724 0.001855737 3714 10 99%
1918 3934 0.001811975 3923 11 99%
1919 3857 0.00182775 3848 9 100%
1920 3795 0.001677242 3785 10 99%
1921 3639 0.001558789 3631 8 100%
1922 3519 0.001537248 3510 9 99%
1923 3385 0.001470153 3375 10 99%
1924 3491 0.001465815 3476 15 99%
1925 3292 0.001410876 3280 12 99%
1926 3157 0.001375057 3152 5 100%
1927 2957 0.001274922 2942 15 99%
1928 2863 0.001266289 2842 21 99%
1929 2565 0.001170078 2549 16 99%
1930 2504 0.00112626 2491 13 99%
1931 2172 0.001032129 2161 11 99%
1932 2036 0.000964339 2023 13 99%
1933 1879 0.00093976 1865 14 99%
1934 1845 0.000888379 1837 8 99%
1935 1829 0.000875161 1813 16 98%
1936 1519 0.00073114 1513 6 99%
1937 1514 0.000710575 1496 18 98%
1938 1412 0.000638171 1412 100%
1939 1424 0.000646262 1411 13 98%
1940 1328 0.000576718 1322 6 99%
1941 1276 0.000523718 1266 10 98%
1942 1324 0.000484659 1317 7 99%
1943 1272 0.000450655 1266 6 99%
1944 1188 0.000441623 1188 100%
1945 1143 0.000430848 1143 100%
1946 1206 0.000377429 1206 100%
1947 1223 0.000339503 1218 5 99%
1948 1149 0.000332801 1149 100%
1949 1114 0.000319676 1114 100%
1950 1112 0.00031741 1112 100%
1951 1111 0.000301596 1111 100%
1952 1090 0.000286993 1090 100%
1953 1198 0.000310875 1192 6 99%
1954 1219 0.000306227 1219 100%
1955 1170 0.000291401 1170 100%
1956 1156 0.000280376 1150 6 99%
1957 1050 0.000249873 1050 100%
1958 976 0.000236096 976 100%
1959 979 0.00023545 971 8 98%
1960 900 0.000216668 900 100%
1961 862 0.000208097 862 100%
1962 730 0.0001809 730 100%
1963 712 0.00017988 707 5 99%
1964 639 0.000164369 639 100%
1965 534 0.000147292 534 100%
1966 454 0.000130623 454 100%
1967 461 0.000135792 461 100%
1968 388 0.000114847 388 100%
1969 356 0.000102437 356 100%
1970 365 0.000101206 365 100%
1971 296 0.000086238 296 100%
1972 252 0.000080178 252 100%
1973 225 0.00007458 225 100%
1974 194 0.000063816 194 100%
1975 219 0.000072531 219 100%
1976 183 0.00006031 183 100%
1977 184 0.000057925 184 100%
1978 164 0.000051672 164 100%
1979 177 0.000053201 177 100%
1980 161 0.000046741 161 100%
1981 164 0.000047407 164 100%
1982 166 0.000047321 166 100%
1983 147 0.000042445 147 100%
1984 127 0.000036403 127 100%
1985 129 0.000036143 129 100%
1986 112 0.000031487 112 100%
1987 108 0.000029953 108 100%
1988 93 0.000025169 93 100%
1989 104 0.000027052 104 100%
1990 101 0.000025554 101 100%
1991 98 0.000025159 98 100%
1992 99 0.000025773 99 100%
1993 103 0.000027319 103 100%
1994 92 0.000024747 92 100%
1995 64 0.000017476 64 100%
1996 80 0.000021935 80 100%
1997 66 0.000018203 66 100%
1998 102 0.000027731 102 100%
1999 64 0.000017326 64 100%
2000 103 0.000027249 103 100%
2001 96 0.000025645 96 100%
2002 104 0.00002782 104 100%
2003 101 0.000026563 101 100%
2004 125 0.000032715 125 100%
2005 154 0.000040054 154 100%
2006 161 0.000040696 161 100%
2007 208 0.00005203 208 100%
2008 254 0.00006462 254 100%
2009 306 0.000080101 306 100%
2010 431 0.000116621 431 100%
2011 573 0.000156652 573 100%
2012 615 0.000168154 615 100%
2013 721 0.000197769 721 100%
2014 891 0.000240397 891 100%
2015 1054 0.000284795 1054 100%
2016 1059 0.000288658 1059 100%
2017 1160 0.000324367 1160 100%
2018 1264 0.00035951 1264 100%
2019 1284 0.000369929 1284 100%
2020 1221 0.000365506 1221 100%
2021 1310 0.000386665 1310 100%
2022 1339 0.000395787 1339 100%
2023 1333 0.000402574 1333 100%
2024 1351 0.000405888 1351 100%

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