girls:
1.6k births since 1966
#4162 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1966
#6152 (20th percentile)
The name Verity is the #6,152 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,594 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 20.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,162 (27.2% percentile) for all time with 1,594 births since 1966.
Verity first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (first recorded for girls in 1966). Birth data for Verity is available in 48 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Verity reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 13.2% percentile (ranked #816) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 73 births per million (ranked 13.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Verity ranks #835 for girls (11.8% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 91.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Verity".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Verity. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.8% confident that Verity is pronounced as VEH-ruh-tee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VEH-rih-tee, at 38.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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