Girl name#206 of girl names
Veronica
Pronounced V ER0 AA1 N IH0 K AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1980
- 145 years in use
How popular is Veronica?
Veronica is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 224,564 children — the 206th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 35% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1980, when 4,381 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- V ER0 AA1 N IH0 K AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 0100
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Veronica
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Veronica
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Veronica?
- Veronica ranks 206th among girls' names in US records, with 224,564 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,198.
- Is Veronica a unisex name?
- No. Veronica is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Veronica most popular?
- 1980, when 4,381 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.