Verna

#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1906 · 533 births
Debut · girls
46 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
69,113
since 1880

Verna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Verna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #117, 1906girls
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,45944
2024#4,89327
2023#5,12625
2022#3,89338
2021#5,23724
2020#4,54829
2019#5,04126
2018#3,91837
2017#4,06636
2016#3,58843
2015#5,28825
2014#3,92538
2013#4,42232
2012#5,25326
2011#4,80729
2010#6,18221
2009#7,67916
2008#4,08938
2007#5,23027
2006#4,68530
2005#4,70428
2004#4,38731
2003#4,10932
2002#4,49827
2001#4,02531
2000#3,80833
1999#3,71832
1998#3,11640
1997#4,66022
1996#4,73921
1995#3,78028
1994#2,70145
1993#2,82542
1992#3,58130
1991#2,88640
1990#3,22734
1989#2,61843
1988#2,59741
1987#2,53140
1986#2,42041
1985#2,28344
1984#2,14946
1983#1,60869
1982#1,51079
1981#1,52878
1980#1,90456
1979#1,64568
1978#1,51174#5,7725
1977#1,44077
1976#1,16099
1975#1,127103
1974#1,094106
1973#1,009117
1972#863149
1971#796177
1970#755195#3,8367
1969#682213
1968#711188#4,1365
1967#572274
1966#562286
1965#576274
1964#522354#3,6016
1963#514359#3,3187
1962#478410#4,0335
1961#454465#3,6526
1960#420532
1959#420509#3,9885
1958#392546
1957#369605#3,0248
1956#355606#3,5356
1955#346617#2,55810
1954#358584
1953#320652#3,7985
1952#316655
1951#303667#2,49510
1950#292719#3,3296
1949#284736#2,6069
1948#293681#3,6685
1947#276777#3,7335
1946#265742
1945#253719#2,5748
1944#243734#3,4305
1943#222881#2,7328
1942#222871#3,5605
1941#207862
1940#204865#2,4789
1939#190927
1938#197927#2,4799
1937#192934#1,91314
1936#189950#2,6298
1935#181979#2,9517
1934#1771,040#2,39310
1933#1681,078#2,09312
1932#1651,175#1,92215
1931#1541,213#2,00314
1930#1511,359#2,44411
1929#1561,342#2,31712
1928#1521,458#2,27013
1927#1531,535#1,95917
1926#1521,586#1,72020
1925#1531,613#2,08915
1924#1531,661#2,47312
1923#1461,713#2,61411
1922#1461,693#1,69521
1921#1411,813#1,90418
1920#1351,851#2,13115
1919#1311,816#1,75219
1918#1251,873#2,39812
1917#1241,799#3,9815
1916#1251,713#1,84916
1915#1261,570#1,96814
1914#1251,226#2,2719
1913#1261,038#2,0928
1912#126914
1911#132639#1,3877
1910#130626
1909#122582#1,2776
1908#123549
1907#123538
1906#117533
1905#129488#1,0916
1904#136429#1,2055
1903#131424
1902#129436#8628
1901#138361#9436
1900#143412
1899#143329
1898#128410
1897#138350
1896#143326
1895#140326
1894#138310
1893#142292
1892#157246
1891#166203
1890#145244
1889#168174
1888#175165
1887#176129
1886#174134
1885#176108
1884#19987
1883#163103#8925
1882#18076
1881#28630
1880#22746
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Verna was already there! It came in at #227, and was given to 46 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2009–2010, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.

See more about Verna
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,434 spots since 2024 (#4,893#3,459)
  • 1,089 spots since 2020 (#4,548#3,459)
  • 1,829 spots since 2015 (#5,288#3,459)
  • Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1882 (#286#180)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1973 (#863#1,009)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1906 at #117 (533 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 93 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 554
  • Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1906 were named Verna (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.5% of all girls named Verna (16,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,052#163 (1883)#192
1890s3,036#128 (1898)#144
1900s4,752#117 (1906)#129
1910s13,214#124 (1917)#127
1920s16,265#135 (1920)#149
1930s10,582#151 (1930)#176
1940s7,868#204 (1940)#247
1950s6,160#292 (1950)#347
1960s3,355#420 (1960)#549
1970s1,165#755 (1970)#1,140
1980s537#1,510 (1982)#2,115
1990s334#2,701 (1994)#3,523
2000s293#3,808 (2000)#4,721
2010s313#3,588 (2016)#4,649
2020s187#3,459 (2025)#4,526

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.

Verna in 1920

girls
#135
1,851 births · 1 in 647 girls
boys
#2,131
15 births · 1 in 70,957 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #135Verna1,851

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #2,131Verna15
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 647 of them was named Verna, which outranked 97.7% 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).

Ranked beside Verna
  1. #132Hattie1,870
  2. #133Dora1,865
  3. #134Naomi1,854
  4. #135Verna1,851
  5. #136Ada1,823
  6. #137Cora1,819
  7. #138Madeline1,779
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 70,957 of them was named Verna, which outranked 57.3% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verna
  1. #2,052Ysidro16
  2. #2,052Zachary16
  3. #2,052Zygmunt16
  4. #2,131Verna15
  5. #2,131Adolphe15
  6. #2,131Aime15
  7. #2,131Albertus15
  8. #2,231Arnie14
  9. #2,231Avis14
  10. #2,231Bertis14

Tied with 99 names at #2,131; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920