Vernis
- Last seen for girls in 1951 at #4,833
- Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,375
- Given to boys 61.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 293since 1915
Vernis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #2,055 | 14 |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #2,671 | 9 |
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| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
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| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #2,310 | 11 |
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| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Vernis! It came in at #2,310, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Vernis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Vernis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1951 at #2,055 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 68,468
- Highest: 1 in 68,468 boys born in 1916 were named Vernis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,741 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,055 in 1951, was only 1 in 134,488 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 29.4% of all boys named Vernis (86) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1939
- Mostly girls until 1938, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,152 (1916) | #2,521 |
| 1920s | 86 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,155 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,479 (1937) | #2,920 |
| 1940s | 61 | #2,242 (1945) | #2,895 |
| 1950s | 32 | #2,055 (1951) | #3,174 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,652 (1961) | #3,652 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,375 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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