Veronica: Meaning of Baby Name Veronica

About the Name Veronica

Veronica descends from the Latin Veronica, possibly a Latin alteration of the Greek Berenikē (Berenice) meaning "bringer of victory." An alternate folk etymology connects Veronica to the Latin vera icon meaning "true image" — referring to the legendary Saint Veronica, the woman who, according to medieval Christian tradition, wiped the face of Jesus on the road to Calvary, leaving her veil miraculously imprinted with his image (the Veil of Veronica is one of the most-iconic medieval Christian relics).

Notable bearers include American actress Veronica Lake (Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, 1922–1973, the iconic American 1940s film noir actress); the iconic Veronica Mars of CW's detective series (2004–2007 and 2014 film, played by Kristen Bell); and the fictional Veronica Lodge of the Archie Comics franchise (1942–present) and CW's Riverdale (2017–2023).

Veronica held a US top-100 girls' rank from 1942 through 1985 — over four decades of consistent American popularity. The name has receded slightly since but remains in steady use, currently sitting in the US top 300 girls' rank. The name's appeal is its layered Latin-Christian-saint pedigree combined with four flowing syllables — the in-built Veil of Veronica medieval relic anchor, the strong Veronica Lake mid-20th-century film cultural anchor and Veronica Mars contemporary detective anchor, and the elegant Latinate sophistication. The name reads as both classical-religious and contemporary American. Common nicknames Roni, Ronnie, Vera (back-end shortening), Nica, and the rare Vrona each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Veronika, Verónica, Veronica, and Verronica have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Verónica (Spanish original, with accent), Veronika (German/Russian/Czech), Veronique (French), Berenice (Italian alternate), and the broader Berenice/Veronica family.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Veronica

1,029

Greek baby names in our dictionary

545

Greek female names

35

8-letter V-names in our dictionary

98

V-female names total

1972–2025

years of US SSA records (47 total)

112,793

total US births named Veronica (all years)

US Popularity History (1972–2025)

↘️ Falling: Veronica dropped 40 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#387 in 2020 → #427 in 2025).

Annual US births named Veronica by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1980 with 4,381 girls named Veronica (girl rank #70 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #427 for girls (730 US births). That's 357 places below its 1980 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Veronica Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Veronica the strongest states are New Hampshire, New Jersey, Florida.

Strongest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New Hampshire	#233	17
2	New Jersey	#286	272
3	Florida	#293	591
4	Pennsylvania	#319	340
5	Wisconsin	#339	155
6	Minnesota	#345	159
7	Massachusetts	#347	159
8	Connecticut	#348	92
9	Illinois	#350	309
10	New Mexico	#360	36

Weakest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Georgia	#714	137
2	Alabama	#696	52
3	Louisiana	#682	49
4	Oklahoma	#645	49
5	Tennessee	#623	117
6	North Carolina	#614	161
7	South Carolina	#572	74
8	Utah	#559	72
9	Kentucky	#545	76
10	Missouri	#526	112

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Veronica in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Rana	Behold	Female	Arabic
Roni	Song	Male	Hebrew
Ronnie	Rules With Counsel. Form Of Ronald From Reynold.	Male	English
Ronny	Rules With Counsel. Form Of Ronald From Reynold.	Male	English

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