The name Vera is of Russian origin, and means faith.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Vera has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Vera
Use of the Name Vera for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
129,105
14,232
636
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Vera has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Vera last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1983, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Vera
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
225
48
1881
226
48
1882
204
67
1883
193
77
1884
197
91
1885
166
124
1886
148
167
1887
151
167
1888
132
263
1889
122
313
1890
103
393
1891
98
426
1892
99
486
1893
91
534
1894
86
618
1895
77
729
1896
81
675
1897
73
776
1898
73
875
1899
69
864
1900
76
1,024
1901
73
860
1902
73
947
1903
75
899
1904
71
993
1905
71
1,053
1906
68
1,082
998
8
1907
69
1,150
1908
68
1,201
1909
67
1,241
1910
71
1,341
1911
68
1,502
1912
68
1,972
1913
68
2,203
1914
68
2,674
1915
65
3,458
1916
66
3,620
1917
66
3,711
1918
68
3,922
1919
65
3,851
1920
75
3,785
1921
76
3,631
1922
79
3,513
1923
82
3,371
1924
85
3,476
1925
86
3,271
1926
85
3,150
1927
89
2,935
1928
92
2,846
1929
99
2,542
1930
104
2,489
1931
110
2,159
1932
121
2,021
1933
122
1,860
1934
126
1,838
1935
124
1,812
1936
142
1,510
1937
150
1,493
1938
156
1,414
1939
153
1,411
1940
159
1,316
1941
169
1,269
1942
174
1,318
1943
180
1,260
1944
184
1,194
1945
180
1,134
1946
199
1,207
1947
213
1,218
1948
215
1,153
1949
221
1,114
1950
226
1,114
1951
231
1,106
1952
239
1,088
1953
231
1,187
1954
231
1,223
1955
236
1,169
1956
246
1,153
1957
269
1,049
1958
285
976
1959
290
971
1960
314
901
1961
322
860
1962
353
727
1963
357
707
1964
380
640
1965
402
535
1966
441
453
1967
440
459
1968
492
389
1969
521
354
1970
523
366
1971
591
295
1972
617
253
1973
667
223
1974
732
195
1975
687
218
1976
784
182
1977
815
184
1978
895
162
1979
878
175
1980
925
162
1981
927
162
1982
913
166
1983
992
146
Totals:
129,105
8
During the last 125 years, parents have used Vera as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Vera appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 104 times during the last 125 years.