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Vera

girl name
Origin
Slavic
Syllables
2
Peak era
1890s/2020s
Today
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Meaning

faith in Russian; also associated with Latin verus, "true"

The story

Vera means "faith" in Russian. It also has an association with Latin verus, "true," but that resemblance is not a second established origin for this name. Orthodox Christian tradition honors sisters called Faith, Hope and Love. Their Greek names were translated as Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov in Russian, preserving the virtues in the words people used. Vera came into general use in the English-speaking world in the late nineteenth century.

Astronomer Vera Rubin studied how stars move in spiral galaxies. Working with Kent Ford, she measured stars far from the bright centers and found that they moved faster than the visible matter could explain. The results provided important evidence for dark matter: unseen matter within galaxies whose presence is inferred from its effects.

Fashion designer Vera Wang worked as an editor at Vogue before joining Ralph Lauren. In 1990 she opened a New York shop devoted to wedding dresses, which became the center of a wider design career.

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The formal names behind Vera

Vera is an established short form of this name.

Veronica · Latin origin · traditionally "true image"

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How popular is Vera around the world?

In the United States, 8,040 babies were named Vera between 2020 and 2025. In Norway, 77 girls were given the name Vera in 2025.

Vera is on the official records of the United States, Norway, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Austria, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Canada, Montevideo, Mexico City, England and Wales, Poland, Ireland, Scotland, Chile and France.

Vera crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record, of a Spanish-speaking one and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full lists: English and Spanish · English and Portuguese · Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 2,700

In the United States, 8,040 babies were named Vera between 2020 and 2025.

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Vera peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Norway

1 in 350 · register 2026

In Norway, 77 girls were given the name Vera in 2025.

1945peak 2025

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Brazil

1 in 600

At the 2022 census, 336,367 people in Brazil were named Vera, the 80th most common name, with a median age of 59.
Among people named Vera living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1960s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 199 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

#32 · 2024

In Spain, 18,582 residents are named Vera, the 199th most common name among women, with a mean age of 11.9 years.
In Spain, Vera was the 32nd most common name among girls born in 2024.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

1 in 2,400

In Argentina, 277 newborns were given the name Vera in 2024.

2012peak 20152024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

1 in 2,500

In Austria, 31 girls named Vera were born in 2025, the 200th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

peak 19912025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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New Zealand

1 in 2,900

In New Zealand, 20 girls named Vera were registered in 2025.

peak 19042025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Puerto Rico

1 in 3,600

In Puerto Rico, 5 babies were named Vera in 2025, and 5 have carried the name since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Canada

1 in 3,800

In Canada, 96 girls named Vera were born in 2024, the 317th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Montevideo City

1 in 8,200 · 2011

In Montevideo, 3 girls named Vera were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Mexico City City

1 in 11,000

In Mexico City, there were 11 registrations of Vera in 2022.

2000peak 2020

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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England and Wales

1 in 11,000

In England and Wales, 51 girls named Vera were born in 2025, the 719th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Poland

1 in 13,000

In Poland, 19 girls named Vera were born in 2025, the 259th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Ireland

1 in 14,000

In Ireland, 4 girls named Vera were born in 2025, the 718th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19772025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 girls named Vera were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Chile

1 in 18,000

In Chile, 10 girls were registered as Vera in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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France

1 in 32,000

In France, about 20 girls named Vera were born in 2025, ranked 1,493rd among girls that year.

peak 19302025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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South Australia

last on record 2016

Vera is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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When you meet Vera

People given the name Vera in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 2019. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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Where Vera travels

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Global crossover · a classic across Russia and Eastern Europe and a steady presence in both the US and UK

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