# Veikko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/veikko/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 59 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 59 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 7 | 2,898 |
| 1915 | 10 | 2,605 |
| 1916 | 9 | 2,912 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,770 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,281 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,802 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,922 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,796 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,686 |

## People named Veikko

- Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish forestry technician and cross country skier (1925–2003)
- Veikko Kankkonen, Finnish ski jumper
- Veikko Huhtanen, Finnish artistic gymnast (1919–1976)
- Veikko Karvonen, Finnish athletics competitor (born 1926)
- Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, Finnish poet, journalist and professor (1885-1962)
- Veikko Huovinen, Finnish writer (1927-2009)
- Veikko Lommi, Finnish rower
- Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish film director, actor and film editor
- Veikko Sinisalo, Finnish actor (1926–2003)
- Veikko Vennamo, Finnish politician (1913-1997)
- Veikko Heinonen, Finnish ski jumper (1934-2015)
- Veikko Helle, Finnish politician (1911–2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.