Vernice

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #5,101
Given to girls 90.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1919 · 214 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,290
since 1887

Vernice over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #451, 1919peak #1,256, 1918girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2011#16,7645—
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2009#17,2945—
2008#11,5999—
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2006#17,1685—
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2002#12,1877—
2001#13,5216—
2000#10,7458—
1999#8,22311—
1998#8,58410—
1997#8,33410—
1996#9,5818—
1995#7,04112—
1994#6,67213—
1993#7,03812—
1992#5,26718—
1991#5,65916—
1990#4,69420—
1989#5,28616—
1988#5,06516—
1987#5,92312—
1986#5,18814—
1985#4,12619—
1984#3,23326—
1983#5,82411—
1982#3,01729—
1981#4,74615—
1980#3,71921—
1979#3,90319—
1978#3,00926—
1977#4,06917—
1976#3,28721—
1975#3,05223—
1974#3,00823—
1973#2,26734#5,1015
1972#1,94642#4,9865
1971#2,34033#3,3709
1970#2,45030#4,7245
1969#2,02338#3,0629
1968#1,74945—
1967#1,58151—
1966#1,79640—
1965#1,52853#3,5376
1964#1,47059#3,2827
1963#1,44959#3,3187
1962#1,40762#3,6406
1961#1,43560#3,0978
1960#1,31270#2,68510
1959#1,14986#3,6196
1958#1,15385#3,0338
1957#1,15983#2,8229
1956#1,15181#3,5356
1955#1,03494#1,90217
1954#1,01493#3,1767
1953#1,02688#2,9058
1952#1,06778#2,25112
1951#1,00586#3,3646
1950#91694#2,7708
1949#90995#2,12313
1948#1,00176#2,32611
1947#95886#2,49810
1946#1,05864#2,03013
1945#91468#2,00912
1944#83384#2,19511
1943#87979#1,76417
1942#94669#2,04213
1941#78684#1,99713
1940#80877#3,4595
1939#72489#2,28810
1938#73787#1,47621
1937#70095#1,99213
1936#638106#1,80115
1935#618110#2,12712
1934#625113#1,86015
1933#612112#1,77016
1932#562135#2,46510
1931#558138#1,58920
1930#571142#1,55922
1929#625121#1,67220
1928#549161#2,04815
1927#527179#1,69221
1926#523179#1,78719
1925#553169#2,08915
1924#548176#1,89418
1923#458225#1,75320
1922#476209#1,76520
1921#500197#1,36030
1920#545170#1,74720
1919#451214#1,69520
1918#565158#1,25631
1917#577137#1,43724
1916#547147#1,50522
1915#505151#2,07013
1914#518117#1,86812
1913#54487#1,80310
1912#55378#2,0457
1911#58553#1,7405
1910#59349#1,4216
1909#74729—
1908#63936#1,3735
1907#62436—
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1895#1,4266—
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1892#95810—
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Vernice! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Vernice is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNEMissouri: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,244 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedWVVirginia: #331 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,232 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedARTennessee: #413 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,275 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #424 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,917 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #401 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,180 girlsLAMississippi: #289 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,846 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedALGeorgia: #433 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,795 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedHITexas: #470 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vernice, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#289 · 1 in 1,846
  2. Virginia#331 · 1 in 3,232
  3. Louisiana#401 · 1 in 3,180
  4. Tennessee#413 · 1 in 4,275
  5. North Carolina#424 · 1 in 4,917

Best ever in a state: #185 in North Dakota, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#289111 in 1,846
Virginia#33171 in 3,232
Louisiana#40161 in 3,180
Tennessee#41361 in 4,275
North Carolina#42471 in 4,917
Georgia#43361 in 4,795
Missouri#44551 in 5,244
Texas#470161 in 3,406
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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 Vernice
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
  • Biggest jump: 698 spots in 1896 (#1,426 → #728)
  • Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1894 (#794 → #1,061)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1919 at #451 (214 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1896–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,281
  • Highest: 1 in 5,281 girls born in 1919 were named Vernice (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Vernice (1,786) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#1,036 (1888)#1,110
1890s98#728 (1896)#963
1900s261#624 (1907)#725
1910s1,191#451 (1919)#544
1920s1,786#458 (1923)#530
1930s1,127#558 (1931)#635
1940s782#786 (1941)#909
1950s868#916 (1950)#1,067
1960s537#1,312 (1960)#1,575
1970s268#1,946 (1972)#2,933
1980s179#3,017 (1982)#4,613
1990s130#4,694 (1990)#7,109
2000s40#10,745 (2000)#13,752
2010s5#16,764 (2011)#16,764

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.

Vernice in 1933

girls
#612
112 births · 1 in 8,999 girls
boys
#1,770
16 births · 1 in 61,970 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #612Vernice112

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #1,770Vernice16
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 8,999 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 87.4% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernice
  1. #609Philomena114
  2. #610Libby113
  3. #610Patti113
  4. #612Vernice112
  5. #612Alfreda112
  6. #612Garnet112
  7. #612Jill112
  8. #616Camilla111
  9. #616Denise111
  10. #616Ofelia111

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 61,970 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 57.4% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernice
  1. #1,707West17
  2. #1,707Winslow17
  3. #1,707Woodson17
  4. #1,770Vernice16
  5. #1,770Aldon16
  6. #1,770Alpheus16
  7. #1,770Arie16
  8. #1,829Abie15
  9. #1,829Agapito15
  10. #1,829Alphonzo15

Tied with 58 names at #1,770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933 →