Vernie

Last seen for girls in 1978 at #8,562 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 58.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1897 · 48 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,959
since 1880

Vernie over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #420, 1897peak #435, 1898girlsboys
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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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1991—#8,2365
1990—#8,1175
1989—#6,9416
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1982—#5,0037
1981—#5,4686
1980—#4,1349
1979—#4,0689
1978#8,5626#5,7725
1977#8,4446—
1976#6,6118#5,5875
1975—#3,9418
1974—#2,67414
1973#8,4235—
1972#8,2925#3,6228
1971—#2,46415
1970#7,9955#2,21317
1969#5,9747#2,54912
1968#5,6427#3,1078
1967#4,6259#1,90617
1966#5,8096#1,75719
1965—#1,91817
1964#4,09611#2,04016
1963#3,45814#1,74421
1962—#1,89618
1961#3,79312#1,60225
1960#4,18410#1,46330
1959#3,25414#1,62024
1958#2,44922#1,59324
1957#2,82317#1,34534
1956#2,92916#1,53226
1955#3,22513#1,41929
1954#2,24023#1,29234
1953#2,07125#1,67721
1952#1,97826#1,48526
1951#1,88527#1,26134
1950#1,83527#1,12340
1949#1,73630#1,34829
1948#1,43941#1,48724
1947#1,66133#1,11642
1946#1,72327#1,01945
1945#1,41832#1,05637
1944#1,43332#1,13534
1943#1,22843#1,08839
1942#1,20643#1,42124
1941#1,31034#1,23029
1940#1,08844#1,13534
1939#1,06645#1,12033
1938#98452#1,17131
1937#1,00249#1,00040
1936#1,11540#1,24328
1935#98449#1,05737
1934#90557#1,03839
1933#84563#83455
1932#86964#86255
1931#87661#99744
1930#78680#78267
1929#1,01551#1,11139
1928#78184#96350
1927#77188#96452
1926#87971#84261
1925#78688#98448
1924#80985#73781
1923#75792#1,00848
1922#74296#81868
1921#75095#76077
1920#665118#77573
1919#700100#77769
1918#688109#77371
1917#683101#87653
1916#606123#78162
1915#605117#74165
1914#60189#81942
1913#60673#69643
1912#56373#81629
1911#61748#58427
1910#61047#54627
1909#50056#80413
1908#52049#74413
1907#46858#66415
1906#47751#67413
1905#58735#69912
1904#52939#72311
1903#49242#50518
1902#46744#61513
1901#49937#48716
1900#53140#55519
1899#70420#54813
1898#52735#43521
1897#42048#61512
1896#44842#59213
1895#44041#64011
1894#46336#52115
1893#44935#61511
1892#56524#52515
1891#52424—
1890#48329#6679
1889#42932#7228
1888#45130#1,0315
1887#49920#8196
1886#45922#6948
1885#44622#7657
1884#58313—
1883#61510—
1882#49314#8376
1881#47013#7816
1880#54710#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vernie was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Vernie is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #255 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #257 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,830 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #222 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,301 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vernie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#222 · 1 in 1,301
  2. Arkansas#255 · 1 in 1,432
  3. North Carolina#257 · 1 in 1,830

Best ever in a state: #222 in South Carolina, 1911.

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South Carolina#22271 in 1,301
Arkansas#25551 in 1,432
North Carolina#25771 in 1,830
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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 Vernie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
  • Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1930 (#1,015 → #786)
  • Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1929 (#781 → #1,015)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1897 at #420 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,879
  • Highest: 1 in 4,879 girls born in 1897 were named Vernie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 255,310 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Vernie (880) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1979
  • Mostly girls until 1978, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s186#429 (1889)#499
1890s334#420 (1897)#502
1900s451#467 (1902)#507
1910s880#563 (1912)#628
1920s868#665 (1920)#796
1930s560#786 (1930)#943
1940s359#1,088 (1940)#1,424
1950s210#1,835 (1950)#2,469
1960s76#3,458 (1963)#4,698
1970s35#6,611 (1976)#8,055

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.

Vernie in 1911

girls
#617
48 births · 1 in 8,715 girls
boys
#584
27 births · 1 in 8,369 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #617Vernie48

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #584Vernie27
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 8,715 of them was named Vernie, which outranked 78.5% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernie
  1. #610Ima49
  2. #610Macie49
  3. #610Maybell49
  4. #617Vernie48
  5. #617Crystal48
  6. #617Dena48
  7. #617Edwina48
  8. #624Berta47
  9. #624Bulah47
  10. #624Cathryn47

Tied with 6 names at #617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 8,369 of them was named Vernie, which outranked 70.8% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernie
  1. #577Gustav28
  2. #577Margaret28
  3. #577Vaughn28
  4. #584Vernie27
  5. #584Alfredo27
  6. #584Alois27
  7. #584Bernie27
  8. #597Carter26
  9. #597Clare26
  10. #597Crawford26

Tied with 12 names at #584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →