# Verity (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/verity/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɛɹɪti/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,852 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,852 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,529, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 3,835 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,207 |
| 2013 | 56 | 3,003 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,919 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,925 |
| 2016 | 73 | 2,500 |
| 2017 | 73 | 2,485 |
| 2018 | 112 | 1,829 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,814 |
| 2020 | 129 | 1,622 |
| 2021 | 113 | 1,799 |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,905 |
| 2023 | 121 | 1,707 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,868 |
| 2025 | 145 | 1,482 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 119 | 390 |
| 2012 | 131 | 366 |
| 2013 | 127 | 358 |
| 2014 | 133 | 344 |
| 2015 | 141 | 331 |
| 2016 | 135 | 354 |
| 2017 | 146 | 329 |
| 2018 | 137 | 349 |
| 2019 | 116 | 377 |
| 2020 | 125 | 354 |
| 2021 | 140 | 339 |
| 2022 | 92 | 457 |
| 2023 | 112 | 373 |
| 2024 | 105 | 408 |
| 2025 | 92 | 436 |

## People named Verity

- Verity Lambert, English television and film producer (1935–2007)

## 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.