Vernessa

Peak · girls
1960 · 68 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
881
since 1920

Vernessa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vernessa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #1,338, 1960girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 girls in 1920 (see the data table).

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1994#13,4305
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1992#13,3175
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1990#12,9585
1989#10,8476
1988#7,11110
1987#8,7787
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1984#9,1446
1983#8,0477
1982#6,37110
1981#6,8049
1980#9,0956
1979#5,42712
1978#5,95810
1977#5,53211
1976#6,0489
1975#3,95016
1974#5,7769
1973#4,87111
1972#3,17720
1971#3,06222
1970#3,11021
1969#2,64525
1968#2,02435
1967#2,55823
1966#2,66821
1965#2,34526
1964#1,97536
1963#2,54323
1962#1,52554
1961#1,92136
1960#1,33868
1959#1,46654
1958#1,52749
1957#1,47452
1956#1,52049
1955#1,69137
1954#1,70236
1953#2,69916
1952#3,7969
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five girls were named Vernessa! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Vernessa is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Vernessa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Vernessa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1960 at #1,338 (68 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 29,734
  • Highest: 1 in 29,734 girls born in 1960 were named Vernessa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 39.4% of all girls named Vernessa (347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,975 (1920)#4,975
1930s0——
1940s10#5,243 (1948)#5,244
1950s302#1,466 (1959)#1,984
1960s347#1,338 (1960)#2,154
1970s141#3,062 (1971)#4,691
1980s61#6,371 (1982)#8,275
1990s15#12,958 (1990)#13,235

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.

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