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Veera

Feminine · “brave”

Veera is given to both — 675 girls and 44 boys since 1880. See other names given to both

2006high 2025
#2645 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare65 girls in 2025

Veera is brave in Sanskrit — vira, a hero — and it is separately the Finnish form of Vera, faith in Russian.

How old is the name Veera?

Veera first appears in US birth records in 2006 — 19 years ago. The typical Veera is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Veera are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Veera most popular?

Veera peaked in 2025, reaching #2645 nationally. Today it ranks #2645, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Veera

Vira and the Latin vir are the same word, which is why virtue originally meant courage. Separately, Russian vera means faith and Finnish borrowed it as Veera. Both routes reach American records, where the name is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

brave, heroic; faith

Two genuine sources. The Sanskrit vira, 'hero' or 'brave', cognate with the Latin vir. And the Finnish Veera, from the Russian Vera, 'faith'. Both are documented and unrelated. The doubled e marks a long vowel in both.

How the name formed

  1. vira
  2. Veera

Related forms: वीरा · Veera · Вера

Pronouncing Veera

VEE-rah

Two syllables, stress on the first. The doubled e marks a long vowel.

Nicknames for Veera

Moderate

VeeThe front sound alone, and a short form with real use
VeraA related form, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 2006–2025653306520062025

US babies named Veera per year from 2006 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26452000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2006
Most girls named
202565 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2645reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+10.2%65 in 2025, from 59
Veera sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 65 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Veera in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • वीरा in Hindi — transliteration
  • Veera in Finnish — same name
  • Вера in Russian — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.

Veeras among us

700

people named Veera are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 24,727 born in 2025 was named Veera

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Veera

#2645
Veera on the 2025 chart
#212
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Veera went to 65 girls in 2025, but Vera is the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 1,553, which makes it the 212th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,433 places above the chart.

and 1 rarer spelling.

About 1 girl in 1,035 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,727 for Veera itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Desha test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Veera's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Desha climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Desha's path sketches the road Veera is walking now.

40%chance Veera will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Veera, aligned on its peakDesha· peak 1969not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+50 yrsDesha · #11969Veera today
Veera today is about where Desha stood in 1969 — in its own peak year. By 1984, Desha had settled around #4755.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Veera sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Veera is headed

20062030

US babies named Veera per year, 2006 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Veera should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+6% by 2030projected around #2,652 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Veera beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Veera in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Veerathis name65#2645Caliana65#2645Aaira65#2645Wylie65#2645Henrietta65#2645

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That vira and the Latin vir are the same word is a first-rate etymology.
  • Both candidate meanings — brave and faith — are strong.
  • Vera is available as a related form with a large record.
What to consider
  • The two origins are entirely unrelated.
  • Vera and Veera are close enough to confuse.
  • It reads as either Indian or Finnish depending on context.

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Frequently asked

How many Veeras are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Veera are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Veera?
Veera is one of 2 recorded spellings. Vera is the more common one — 1,482 births in 2025 against 65 for Veera.
How popular is the name Veera in 2025?
Veera ranks #2645 among US girl names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Veera?
About 1 in every 24,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Veera — 65 in all.
Will my child share the name Veera with classmates?
Veera will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Veera

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Caliana#2645 · Aaira#2645 · Wylie#2645 · Henrietta#2645 · Mahogany#2645 · Amaiah#2645 · Charlize#2645 · Esra#2645

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