# Veronika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/veronika/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,480 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,480 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 532, 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 | 91 | 2,122 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,972 |
| 2013 | 108 | 1,878 |
| 2014 | 107 | 1,891 |
| 2015 | 98 | 2,023 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,796 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,544 |
| 2018 | 76 | 2,403 |
| 2019 | 71 | 2,506 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,278 |
| 2021 | 51 | 3,209 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3,163 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,178 |
| 2024 | 54 | 3,045 |
| 2025 | 43 | 3,571 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 32 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 37 | 982 |
| 2014 | 35 | 1,016 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,258 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,314 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Veronika

- Veronika Vítková, Czech biathlete
- Veronika Schmidt, East German cross-country skier
- Veronika Stallmaier, alpine skier
- Veronika Fitz, German actress (1936-2020)
- Veronika Cherkasova, Belarusian journalist (1959–2004)
- Veronika Preining, Austrian Paralympic skier
- Veronika of Desenice, Croatian woman and second wife of Frederick II, Count of Celje
- Veronika Aigner, Austrian Para alpine skier (born 2003)
- Veronika Zvařičová, Czech biathlete
- Veronika Malá, Czech handball player
- Veronika Vařeková, Czech model
- Veronika Bayer, German actress (1940-2008)

## 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.