Vernice
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #5,101
Given to girls 90.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 214 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,290since 1887
Vernice over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,470 | 59 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #1,149 | 86 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #1,153 | 85 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #1,159 | 83 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,151 | 81 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #1,034 | 94 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #1,014 | 93 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #1,026 | 88 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #1,067 | 78 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,005 | 86 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #909 | 95 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 76 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #958 | 86 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,058 | 64 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #914 | 68 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #833 | 84 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #879 | 79 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #946 | 69 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #786 | 84 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #724 | 89 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #737 | 87 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #700 | 95 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #638 | 106 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #618 | 110 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #625 | 113 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #612 | 112 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #562 | 135 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #558 | 138 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #571 | 142 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #625 | 121 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #549 | 161 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #527 | 179 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #523 | 179 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #553 | 169 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #548 | 176 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #458 | 225 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #476 | 209 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #500 | 197 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #545 | 170 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #451 | 214 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #565 | 158 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #577 | 137 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #547 | 147 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #505 | 151 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #518 | 117 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #544 | 87 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #553 | 78 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #585 | 53 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 | — | |
| 1908 | #639 | 36 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #624 | 36 | — | |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 | — | |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 | — | |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 | — | |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #821 | 17 | — | |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Vernice! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vernice
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 698 spots in 1896 (#1,426 → #728)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1894 (#794 → #1,061)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1919 at #451 (214 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1896–1945
- Highest: 1 in 5,281 girls born in 1919 were named Vernice (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Vernice (1,786) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #1,036 (1888) | #1,110 |
| 1890s | 98 | #728 (1896) | #963 |
| 1900s | 261 | #624 (1907) | #725 |
| 1910s | 1,191 | #451 (1919) | #544 |
| 1920s | 1,786 | #458 (1923) | #530 |
| 1930s | 1,127 | #558 (1931) | #635 |
| 1940s | 782 | #786 (1941) | #909 |
| 1950s | 868 | #916 (1950) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 537 | #1,312 (1960) | #1,575 |
| 1970s | 268 | #1,946 (1972) | #2,933 |
| 1980s | 179 | #3,017 (1982) | #4,613 |
| 1990s | 130 | #4,694 (1990) | #7,109 |
| 2000s | 40 | #10,745 (2000) | #13,752 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
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.
Vernice in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 7,179 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 85.3% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 51,257 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 44.7% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,676Young11
- #1,676Zeno11
- #1,676Zygmunt11
- #1,803Vernice10
- #1,803Albino10
- #1,803Aleck10
- #1,803Algernon10
- #1,945Achille9
- #1,945Afton9
- #1,945Agustus9
Tied with 141 names at #1,803; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.