Verena

#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births

Peak · girls
#825
1890 · 11 births
Debut · girls
1890
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,989
since 1890

Verena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Verena has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #825, 1890girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,71240
2024#4,11435
2023#5,12625
2022#4,37832
2021#4,71928
2020#4,54829
2019#3,78839
2018#5,61922
2017#4,57630
2016#6,66318
2015#5,65323
2014#5,31025
2013#8,13514
2012#5,89522
2011#6,14821
2010#7,51316
2009#6,81119
2008#8,96513
2007#7,39417
2006#6,12521
2005#5,60022
2004#14,1796
2003#6,29918
2002#11,1088
2001#8,19612
2000#6,48716
1999#8,80510
1998#11,1387
1997#6,48314
1996#10,5677
1995—
1994#9,5868
1993#9,5598
1992#8,06510
1991#6,58813
1990#8,5019
1989#7,44910
1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
1986#4,96415
1985#8,3187
1984#6,8109
1983#6,21210
1982#10,5175
1981#10,4115
1980#5,24513
1979#6,6969
1978#6,3859
1977#5,53211
1976#4,90512
1975#5,9849
1974#7,6806
1973#5,5809
1972#4,52312
1971#3,94315
1970#4,03814
1969#4,19812
1968#4,48910
1967#3,21116
1966#4,4939
1965#3,73312
1964#4,6369
1963#4,01911
1962#3,59213
1961#4,00911
1960#3,92011
1959#4,03110
1958#3,37913
1957#4,9187
1956#3,18614
1955#4,3768
1954#3,01914
1953#2,43119
1952#2,92114
1951#2,81014
1950#2,78114
1949#2,85013
1948#2,82813
1947#4,0078
1946#3,4309
1945#4,5565
1944#3,6877
1943#3,2499
1942#2,81711
1941#2,27214
1940#2,73710
1939#2,9229
1938#2,57911
1937#2,9409
1936#1,95016
1935#2,73110
1934#2,56711
1933#2,27513
1932#1,87718
1931#1,68621
1930#2,02317
1929#2,19115
1928#2,09417
1927#1,66925
1926#1,88321
1925#1,53529
1924#1,56629
1923#1,52029
1922#1,34235
1921#1,34135
1920#1,51129
1919#1,32534
1918#1,41130
1917#1,24134
1916#1,05943
1915#1,52323
1914#1,19926
1913#1,15123
1912#1,42115
1911#2,1916
1910#1,52110
1909#1,4719
1908#1,26111
1907#1,28910
1906#1,5537
1905#1,5387
1904—
1903#1,5926
1902—
1901#1,06710
1900#1,05313
1899#98311
1898#92014
1897#1,1678
1896#1,4166
1895#93212
1894#1,2377
1893#1,0918
1892—
1891#1,0937
1890#82511
1889—
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Verena! It came in at #825, and was given to 11 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Verena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 402 spots since 2024 (#4,114 → #3,712)
  • 836 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #3,712)
  • 1,941 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,712)
  • Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1895 (#1,237 → #932)
  • Biggest drop: 484 spots in 1896 (#932 → #1,416)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1890 at #825 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1898–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,307
  • Highest: 1 in 17,307 girls born in 1890 were named Verena (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.3% of all girls named Verena (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s84#825 (1890)#1,074
1900s73#1,053 (1900)#1,353
1910s244#1,059 (1916)#1,404
1920s264#1,341 (1921)#1,665
1930s135#1,686 (1931)#2,355
1940s99#2,272 (1941)#3,243
1950s127#2,431 (1953)#3,385
1960s114#3,211 (1967)#4,030
1970s106#3,943 (1971)#5,527
1980s86#4,964 (1986)#8,050
1990s86#6,483 (1997)#8,810
2000s152#5,600 (2005)#8,116
2010s230#3,788 (2019)#5,930
2020s189#3,712 (2025)#4,433

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.

Verena in 1899

girls
#983
11 births · 1 in 21,184 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #983Verena11
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 21,184 of them was named Verena, which outranked 46.6% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verena
  1. #935Vernice12
  2. #935Virgil12
  3. #935Zita12
  4. #983Verena11
  5. #983Adrienne11
  6. #983Alverda11
  7. #983Amber11
  8. #1,034Adelaida10
  9. #1,034Albertina10
  10. #1,034Angelita10

Tied with 50 names at #983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →