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 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 33,305 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 79.7% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,516Renate54
- #1,516Vilma54
- #1,516Wilhelmina54
- #1,528Vernice53
- #1,528Alina53
- #1,528Alva53
- #1,528Alycia53
- #1,547Cathey52
- #1,547Donetta52
- #1,547Erlinda52
Tied with 18 names at #1,528; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 310,024 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 20.1% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,244Woodson7
- #3,244Yosef7
- #3,244Zedrick7
- #3,537Vernice6
- #3,537Abdon6
- #3,537Addam6
- #3,537Albie6
- #3,930Aarron5
- #3,930Abdel5
- #3,930Adelaido5
Tied with 392 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.