Verity
Feminine · Latin roots · “Truth”
Verity is the English word for truth, used as a name since the era when English Puritans took their children's names straight from their virtues — sitting alongside Faith, Hope, Prudence and Mercy in parish registers. Three syllables that step lightly and end on a bright vowel, with a meaning no one has to look up.
How old is the name Verity?
Verity first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Verity is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,800 people named Verity are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Verity most popular?
Verity peaked in 2025, reaching #1478 nationally. Today it ranks #1478, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From veritas (Latin) to Verity
The story of Verity
The Latin veritas traveled into Old French as verité and into Middle English as verity, meaning truth — a plain noun before it was ever anyone's name. English Puritans of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries made given names out of abstract virtues, and Verity took its place among Faith, Hope, Charity and Constance in baptismal records of the period. It has stayed in quiet, continuous English use ever since, more familiar in Britain than in the United States, where it arrived far later and remains scarce. In American records it is a recent arrival rather than a revival, carried in on the broader return of virtue names.
Meaning
Truth
From Latin veritas, which reached English through Old French; the same root gives verify, veritable and verdict.
How the name formed
- veritasLatin
- veritéOld French
- verityMiddle English
- Verity
Related forms: Veritas · Vérité
Pronouncing Verity
VEHR-uh-tee
Stress on the first syllable, exactly as in the English word. Some British speakers land closer to VEH-rih-tee; both are the same name.
Nicknames for Verity
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most girls named
- 2025145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1478reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +34.3%145 in 2025, from 108
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.
Verity in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Veritas in Latin — related form
- Vérité in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Veritys among us
people named Verity are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,085 born in 2025 was named Verity
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Monae test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Verity's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Monae climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Monae's path sketches the road Verity is walking now.
Verity 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 Verity is headed
Verity should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Verity beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Verity in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent to any English speaker — no explanation needed once it is heard clearly.
- Spelling follows the ordinary English word, so it is readable on sight even by people who have never met the name.
- A documented record as an English given name going back to the Puritan virtue names of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Vera is a ready-made short form that also works as a full name on a résumé.
- Rare enough in the US that a child is unlikely to share it in a classroom.
- It is still a common noun as well as a name, so some listeners hear the word first — expect a beat of recognition, and the occasional pun about telling the truth.
- Spoken quickly it can be heard as Verity, Vera or even Charity; a clear first syllable does most of the work.
- Far more familiar to British ears than American ones, so in the US you may spell it aloud more often than you would like — though the spelling itself is never in doubt once written.
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Feminine · Latin roots · #1478 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Veritys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Verity are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Verity in 2025?
- Verity ranks #1478 among US girl names in 2025, with 145 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Verity?
- About 1 in every 11,085 US girls born in 2025 was named Verity — 145 in all.
- Will my child share the name Verity with classmates?
- Verity will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Verity
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