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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
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1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 36,453 of them was named Vernice, which outranked 78.7% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,728Reina46
- #1,728Ricki46
- #1,728Sharleen46
- #1,749Vernice45
- #1,749Adria45
- #1,749Annabelle45
- #1,749Audry45
- #1,776Apryl44
- #1,776Bethanne44
- #1,776Bette44
Tied with 26 names at #1,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.