Verena
#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,989since 1890
Verena over time
Rank among girls' names. Verena has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,712 | 40 |
| 2024 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 39 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Verena! It came in at #825, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Verena is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#351 · 1 in 3,597
- Illinois#546 · 1 in 9,705
Best ever in a state: #300 in Minnesota, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #351 | 6 | 1 in 3,597 |
| Illinois | #546 | 6 | 1 in 9,705 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Verena
- 402 spots since 2024 (#4,114 → #3,712)
- 836 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #3,712)
- 1,941 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,712)
- Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1895 (#1,237 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 484 spots in 1896 (#932 → #1,416)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1890 at #825 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1898–1899
- Highest: 1 in 17,307 girls born in 1890 were named Verena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.3% of all girls named Verena (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 84 | #825 (1890) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 73 | #1,053 (1900) | #1,353 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,059 (1916) | #1,404 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,341 (1921) | #1,665 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,686 (1931) | #2,355 |
| 1940s | 99 | #2,272 (1941) | #3,243 |
| 1950s | 127 | #2,431 (1953) | #3,385 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,211 (1967) | #4,030 |
| 1970s | 106 | #3,943 (1971) | #5,527 |
| 1980s | 86 | #4,964 (1986) | #8,050 |
| 1990s | 86 | #6,483 (1997) | #8,810 |
| 2000s | 152 | #5,600 (2005) | #8,116 |
| 2010s | 230 | #3,788 (2019) | #5,930 |
| 2020s | 189 | #3,712 (2025) | #4,433 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Verena in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
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1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 31,802 of them was named Verena, which outranked 76.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,219Rochelle35
- #1,219Selena35
- #1,219Zelpha35
- #1,241Verena34
- #1,241Armella34
- #1,241Buena34
- #1,241Ceola34
- #1,261Alvira33
- #1,261Antonina33
- #1,261Aretha33
Tied with 19 names at #1,241; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.