Vera
Vera places #205 across the country in 2025, neither climbing nor fading. The peak was 1915, a name your child would share with a great-aunt, which is quietly part of its charm.
What Vera carries
Vera · Slavonic
“faith”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Vera’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Vera, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Vera since 1880
Vera peaked in 1915 at #65; #205 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Vera is most common
Vera is most common in New Hampshire: 0.42% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Maine (0.32%) and Alaska (0.3%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Vera
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Victor
#211 in 2025 · Latin
Vivian
#72 in 2025 · Latin
Mila
#43 in 2025 · Slavonic
Edward
#224 in 2025 · Teutonic
Richard
#234 in 2025 · Teutonic
Warren
#240 in 2025 · Teutonic
Miriam
#246 in 2025 · Hebrew
Walter
#252 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Vera
How popular is the name Vera?
Vera places #205 across the country in 2025, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Vera have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “faith”, of Slavonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Vera?
Nearest by the published recipe: Victor, Vivian and Mila. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Vera’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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