Verna
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 533 births
- Debut · girls
- 46 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 69,113since 1880
Verna over time
Rank among girls' names. Verna has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,459 | 44 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,510 | 79 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,511 | 74 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,440 | 77 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,160 | 99 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,009 | 117 | — | |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | — | |
| 1971 | #796 | 177 | — | |
| 1970 | #755 | 195 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #682 | 213 | — | |
| 1968 | #711 | 188 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #572 | 274 | — | |
| 1966 | #562 | 286 | — | |
| 1965 | #576 | 274 | — | |
| 1964 | #522 | 354 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #514 | 359 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #478 | 410 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #454 | 465 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #420 | 532 | — | |
| 1959 | #420 | 509 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #392 | 546 | — | |
| 1957 | #369 | 605 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #355 | 606 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #346 | 617 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #358 | 584 | — | |
| 1953 | #320 | 652 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #316 | 655 | — | |
| 1951 | #303 | 667 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #292 | 719 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #284 | 736 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #293 | 681 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #276 | 777 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #265 | 742 | — | |
| 1945 | #253 | 719 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #243 | 734 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #222 | 881 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #222 | 871 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #207 | 862 | — | |
| 1940 | #204 | 865 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #190 | 927 | — | |
| 1938 | #197 | 927 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #192 | 934 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #189 | 950 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #181 | 979 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #177 | 1,040 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #168 | 1,078 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #165 | 1,175 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #154 | 1,213 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #151 | 1,359 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #156 | 1,342 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #152 | 1,458 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #153 | 1,535 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #152 | 1,586 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #153 | 1,613 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #153 | 1,661 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #146 | 1,713 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #146 | 1,693 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #141 | 1,813 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #135 | 1,851 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #131 | 1,816 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #125 | 1,873 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #124 | 1,799 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #125 | 1,713 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #126 | 1,570 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #125 | 1,226 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #126 | 1,038 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #126 | 914 | — | |
| 1911 | #132 | 639 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #130 | 626 | — | |
| 1909 | #122 | 582 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #123 | 549 | — | |
| 1907 | #123 | 538 | — | |
| 1906 | #117 | 533 | — | |
| 1905 | #129 | 488 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #136 | 429 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #131 | 424 | — | |
| 1902 | #129 | 436 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #138 | 361 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #143 | 412 | — | |
| 1899 | #143 | 329 | — | |
| 1898 | #128 | 410 | — | |
| 1897 | #138 | 350 | — | |
| 1896 | #143 | 326 | — | |
| 1895 | #140 | 326 | — | |
| 1894 | #138 | 310 | — | |
| 1893 | #142 | 292 | — | |
| 1892 | #157 | 246 | — | |
| 1891 | #166 | 203 | — | |
| 1890 | #145 | 244 | — | |
| 1889 | #168 | 174 | — | |
| 1888 | #175 | 165 | — | |
| 1887 | #176 | 129 | — | |
| 1886 | #174 | 134 | — | |
| 1885 | #176 | 108 | — | |
| 1884 | #199 | 87 | — | |
| 1883 | #163 | 103 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #180 | 76 | — | |
| 1881 | #286 | 30 | — | |
| 1880 | #227 | 46 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Verna was already there! It came in at #227, and was given to 46 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2010, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.
Where Verna is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#58 · 1 in 233
- Minnesota#68 · 1 in 261
- South Dakota#70 · 1 in 246
- Nebraska#70 · 1 in 269
- Louisiana#79 · 1 in 302
Best ever in a state: #24 in Nevada, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #58 | 27 | 1 in 233 |
| Minnesota | #68 | 83 | 1 in 261 |
| Nebraska | #70 | 42 | 1 in 269 |
| South Dakota | #70 | 24 | 1 in 246 |
| Louisiana | #79 | 79 | 1 in 302 |
| Oregon | #84 | 17 | 1 in 331 |
| Idaho | #85 | 12 | 1 in 293 |
| Oklahoma | #99 | 60 | 1 in 417 |
| Iowa | #101 | 44 | 1 in 452 |
| Maine | #101 | 17 | 1 in 382 |
| Utah | #101 | 12 | 1 in 402 |
| Wisconsin | #104 | 52 | 1 in 456 |
| Arkansas | #106 | 49 | 1 in 421 |
| Montana | #109 | 9 | 1 in 420 |
| Kentucky | #111 | 63 | 1 in 452 |
| Colorado | #116 | 19 | 1 in 437 |
| Pennsylvania | #118 | 156 | 1 in 587 |
| Kansas | #119 | 31 | 1 in 493 |
| Michigan | #119 | 66 | 1 in 620 |
| Illinois | #121 | 95 | 1 in 627 |
| Indiana | #125 | 41 | 1 in 637 |
| Missouri | #126 | 61 | 1 in 496 |
| Washington | #129 | 15 | 1 in 636 |
| Maryland | #146 | 16 | 1 in 846 |
| Ohio | #164 | 53 | 1 in 1,025 |
| New Jersey | #171 | 27 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Texas | #171 | 77 | 1 in 777 |
| Florida | #176 | 20 | 1 in 837 |
| North Carolina | #180 | 38 | 1 in 1,011 |
| California | #182 | 39 | 1 in 926 |
| West Virginia | #186 | 19 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Mississippi | #187 | 26 | 1 in 912 |
| Arizona | #197 | 5 | 1 in 775 |
| Alabama | #206 | 27 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Virginia | #210 | 18 | 1 in 1,447 |
| Massachusetts | #221 | 14 | 1 in 2,479 |
| Tennessee | #221 | 20 | 1 in 1,358 |
| New York | #224 | 56 | 1 in 1,760 |
| Georgia | #228 | 21 | 1 in 1,510 |
| South Carolina | #234 | 13 | 1 in 1,687 |
| Connecticut | #236 | 5 | 1 in 2,434 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Verna
- 1,434 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #3,459)
- 1,089 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #3,459)
- 1,829 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #3,459)
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1882 (#286 → #180)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1973 (#863 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #117 (533 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1906 were named Verna (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all girls named Verna (16,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,052 | #163 (1883) | #192 |
| 1890s | 3,036 | #128 (1898) | #144 |
| 1900s | 4,752 | #117 (1906) | #129 |
| 1910s | 13,214 | #124 (1917) | #127 |
| 1920s | 16,265 | #135 (1920) | #149 |
| 1930s | 10,582 | #151 (1930) | #176 |
| 1940s | 7,868 | #204 (1940) | #247 |
| 1950s | 6,160 | #292 (1950) | #347 |
| 1960s | 3,355 | #420 (1960) | #549 |
| 1970s | 1,165 | #755 (1970) | #1,140 |
| 1980s | 537 | #1,510 (1982) | #2,115 |
| 1990s | 334 | #2,701 (1994) | #3,523 |
| 2000s | 293 | #3,808 (2000) | #4,721 |
| 2010s | 313 | #3,588 (2016) | #4,649 |
| 2020s | 187 | #3,459 (2025) | #4,526 |
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.
Verna in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 747 of them was named Verna, which outranked 97.3% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 55,525 of them was named Verna, which outranked 64.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,661Wilma21
- #1,661Winthrop21
- #1,661Yukio21
- #1,720Verna20
- #1,720Adrain20
- #1,720Alpha20
- #1,720Alvino20
- #1,787Agnes19
- #1,787Alcide19
- #1,787Aldon19
Tied with 66 names at #1,720; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.