Vernessa
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 881since 1920
Vernessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Vernessa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
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| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,338 | 68 |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 |
| 1956 | #1,520 | 49 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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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 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,205 · 1 in 22,381
Best ever in a state: #317 in District of Columbia, 1954.
Show every state
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| Texas | #1,205 | 5 | 1 in 22,381 |
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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 Vernessa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1960 at #1,338 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 39.4% of all girls named Vernessa (347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,975 (1920) | #4,975 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 10 | #5,243 (1948) | #5,244 |
| 1950s | 302 | #1,466 (1959) | #1,984 |
| 1960s | 347 | #1,338 (1960) | #2,154 |
| 1970s | 141 | #3,062 (1971) | #4,691 |
| 1980s | 61 | #6,371 (1982) | #8,275 |
| 1990s | 15 | #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.
Vernessa in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
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1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 52,845 of them was named Vernessa, which outranked 74.9% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,667Sharilyn38
- #1,667Tressa38
- #1,667Valda38
- #1,691Vernessa37
- #1,691Adriane37
- #1,691Agatha37
- #1,691Anastasia37
- #1,733Amie36
- #1,733Andria36
- #1,733Angelyn36
Tied with 41 names at #1,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.