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

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Peak · girls
1919 · 214 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,290
since 1887

Vernice over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #451, 1919peak #1,256, 1918girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011#16,7645
2010
2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007
2006#17,1685
2005
2004
2003
2002#12,1877
2001#13,5216
2000#10,7458
1999#8,22311
1998#8,58410
1997#8,33410
1996#9,5818
1995#7,04112
1994#6,67213
1993#7,03812
1992#5,26718
1991#5,65916
1990#4,69420
1989#5,28616
1988#5,06516
1987#5,92312
1986#5,18814
1985#4,12619
1984#3,23326
1983#5,82411
1982#3,01729
1981#4,74615
1980#3,71921
1979#3,90319
1978#3,00926
1977#4,06917
1976#3,28721
1975#3,05223
1974#3,00823
1973#2,26734#5,1015
1972#1,94642#4,9865
1971#2,34033#3,3709
1970#2,45030#4,7245
1969#2,02338#3,0629
1968#1,74945
1967#1,58151
1966#1,79640
1965#1,52853#3,5376
1964#1,47059#3,2827
1963#1,44959#3,3187
1962#1,40762#3,6406
1961#1,43560#3,0978
1960#1,31270#2,68510
1959#1,14986#3,6196
1958#1,15385#3,0338
1957#1,15983#2,8229
1956#1,15181#3,5356
1955#1,03494#1,90217
1954#1,01493#3,1767
1953#1,02688#2,9058
1952#1,06778#2,25112
1951#1,00586#3,3646
1950#91694#2,7708
1949#90995#2,12313
1948#1,00176#2,32611
1947#95886#2,49810
1946#1,05864#2,03013
1945#91468#2,00912
1944#83384#2,19511
1943#87979#1,76417
1942#94669#2,04213
1941#78684#1,99713
1940#80877#3,4595
1939#72489#2,28810
1938#73787#1,47621
1937#70095#1,99213
1936#638106#1,80115
1935#618110#2,12712
1934#625113#1,86015
1933#612112#1,77016
1932#562135#2,46510
1931#558138#1,58920
1930#571142#1,55922
1929#625121#1,67220
1928#549161#2,04815
1927#527179#1,69221
1926#523179#1,78719
1925#553169#2,08915
1924#548176#1,89418
1923#458225#1,75320
1922#476209#1,76520
1921#500197#1,36030
1920#545170#1,74720
1919#451214#1,69520
1918#565158#1,25631
1917#577137#1,43724
1916#547147#1,50522
1915#505151#2,07013
1914#518117#1,86812
1913#54487#1,80310
1912#55378#2,0457
1911#58553#1,7405
1910#59349#1,4216
1909#74729
1908#63936#1,3735
1907#62436
1906#66130
1905#63231
1904#72723
1903#93114
1902#73422
1901#72320
1900#83320
1899#93512
1898#82117
1897#98211
1896#72819
1895#1,4266
1894#1,0619
1893#79414
1892#95810
1891
1890
1889#1,1476
1888#1,0367
1887#1,1475
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1887

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1919 at #451 (214 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1896–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,281
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Vernice (1,786) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#1,036 (1888)#1,110
1890s98#728 (1896)#963
1900s261#624 (1907)#725
1910s1,191#451 (1919)#544
1920s1,786#458 (1923)#530
1930s1,127#558 (1931)#635
1940s782#786 (1941)#909
1950s868#916 (1950)#1,067
1960s537#1,312 (1960)#1,575
1970s268#1,946 (1972)#2,933
1980s179#3,017 (1982)#4,613
1990s130#4,694 (1990)#7,109
2000s40#10,745 (2000)#13,752
2010s5#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 1932

girls
#562
135 births · 1 in 7,905 girls
boys
#2,465
10 births · 1 in 104,416 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #562Vernice135

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #2,465Vernice10
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 7,905 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 89.0% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernice
  1. #559Alva137
  2. #559Delois137
  3. #561Madonna136
  4. #562Vernice135
  5. #562Sammie135
  6. #564Marlyn134
  7. #565Celestine133
  8. #565Dottie133

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 104,416 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 42.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernice
  1. #2,313Wilmon11
  2. #2,313Winfrey11
  3. #2,313Zygmunt11
  4. #2,465Vernice10
  5. #2,465Abbott10
  6. #2,465Adelard10
  7. #2,465Almer10
  8. #2,638Abran9
  9. #2,638Acy9
  10. #2,638Admiral9

Tied with 172 names at #2,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932