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
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 533 births
- Debut · girls
- 46 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 69,113since 1880
Verna over time
Rank among girls' names. Verna has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,459 | 44 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,510 | 79 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,511 | 74 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,440 | 77 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,160 | 99 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,009 | 117 | — | |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | — | |
| 1971 | #796 | 177 | — | |
| 1970 | #755 | 195 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #682 | 213 | — | |
| 1968 | #711 | 188 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #572 | 274 | — | |
| 1966 | #562 | 286 | — | |
| 1965 | #576 | 274 | — | |
| 1964 | #522 | 354 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #514 | 359 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #478 | 410 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #454 | 465 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #420 | 532 | — | |
| 1959 | #420 | 509 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #392 | 546 | — | |
| 1957 | #369 | 605 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #355 | 606 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #346 | 617 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #358 | 584 | — | |
| 1953 | #320 | 652 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #316 | 655 | — | |
| 1951 | #303 | 667 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #292 | 719 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #284 | 736 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #293 | 681 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #276 | 777 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #265 | 742 | — | |
| 1945 | #253 | 719 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #243 | 734 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #222 | 881 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #222 | 871 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #207 | 862 | — | |
| 1940 | #204 | 865 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #190 | 927 | — | |
| 1938 | #197 | 927 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #192 | 934 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #189 | 950 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #181 | 979 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #177 | 1,040 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #168 | 1,078 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #165 | 1,175 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #154 | 1,213 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #151 | 1,359 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #156 | 1,342 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #152 | 1,458 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #153 | 1,535 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #152 | 1,586 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #153 | 1,613 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #153 | 1,661 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #146 | 1,713 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #146 | 1,693 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #141 | 1,813 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #135 | 1,851 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #131 | 1,816 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #125 | 1,873 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #124 | 1,799 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #125 | 1,713 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #126 | 1,570 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #125 | 1,226 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #126 | 1,038 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #126 | 914 | — | |
| 1911 | #132 | 639 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #130 | 626 | — | |
| 1909 | #122 | 582 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #123 | 549 | — | |
| 1907 | #123 | 538 | — | |
| 1906 | #117 | 533 | — | |
| 1905 | #129 | 488 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #136 | 429 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #131 | 424 | — | |
| 1902 | #129 | 436 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #138 | 361 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #143 | 412 | — | |
| 1899 | #143 | 329 | — | |
| 1898 | #128 | 410 | — | |
| 1897 | #138 | 350 | — | |
| 1896 | #143 | 326 | — | |
| 1895 | #140 | 326 | — | |
| 1894 | #138 | 310 | — | |
| 1893 | #142 | 292 | — | |
| 1892 | #157 | 246 | — | |
| 1891 | #166 | 203 | — | |
| 1890 | #145 | 244 | — | |
| 1889 | #168 | 174 | — | |
| 1888 | #175 | 165 | — | |
| 1887 | #176 | 129 | — | |
| 1886 | #174 | 134 | — | |
| 1885 | #176 | 108 | — | |
| 1884 | #199 | 87 | — | |
| 1883 | #163 | 103 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #180 | 76 | — | |
| 1881 | #286 | 30 | — | |
| 1880 | #227 | 46 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #117 (533 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1906 were named Verna (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all girls named Verna (16,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,052 | #163 (1883) | #192 |
| 1890s | 3,036 | #128 (1898) | #144 |
| 1900s | 4,752 | #117 (1906) | #129 |
| 1910s | 13,214 | #124 (1917) | #127 |
| 1920s | 16,265 | #135 (1920) | #149 |
| 1930s | 10,582 | #151 (1930) | #176 |
| 1940s | 7,868 | #204 (1940) | #247 |
| 1950s | 6,160 | #292 (1950) | #347 |
| 1960s | 3,355 | #420 (1960) | #549 |
| 1970s | 1,165 | #755 (1970) | #1,140 |
| 1980s | 537 | #1,510 (1982) | #2,115 |
| 1990s | 334 | #2,701 (1994) | #3,523 |
| 2000s | 293 | #3,808 (2000) | #4,721 |
| 2010s | 313 | #3,588 (2016) | #4,649 |
| 2020s | 187 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 1,322 of them was named Verna, which outranked 95.9% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 128,797 of them was named Verna, which outranked 37.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,322Watt10
- #2,322Woodson10
- #2,322Yvonne10
- #2,478Verna9
- #2,478Abie9
- #2,478Admiral9
- #2,478Alen9
- #2,671Alger8
- #2,671Ali8
- #2,671Alven8
Tied with 192 names at #2,478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.