Vernia
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,288since 1885
Vernia over time
Rank among girls' names. Vernia has never cracked the top 900 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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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,357 | 29 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Vernia! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Vernia is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#379 · 1 in 3,485
Best ever in a state: #338 in Kentucky, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #379 | 8 | 1 in 3,485 |
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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 Vernia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1904 (#1,137 → #938)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1904 at #938 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1904
- Highest: 1 in 18,357 girls born in 1904 were named Vernia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,642 girls born in 1973 (0.00%)
- 22.4% of all girls named Vernia (289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,116 |
| 1890s | 48 | #1,006 (1890) | #1,283 |
| 1900s | 63 | #938 (1904) | #1,350 |
| 1910s | 225 | #1,030 (1910) | #1,423 |
| 1920s | 289 | #1,388 (1923) | #1,541 |
| 1930s | 220 | #1,372 (1934) | #1,648 |
| 1940s | 189 | #1,569 (1941) | #2,105 |
| 1950s | 151 | #2,053 (1950) | #3,028 |
| 1960s | 71 | #3,060 (1961) | #5,170 |
| 1970s | 15 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,237 |
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.
Vernia in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 37,447 of them was named Vernia, which outranked 75.6% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,375Vlasta33
- #1,375Wenona33
- #1,375Wylma33
- #1,407Vernia32
- #1,407Aldine32
- #1,407Anner32
- #1,407Anthony32
- #1,439Adelene31
- #1,439Alean31
- #1,439Alleen31
Tied with 31 names at #1,407; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.