Vernie
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #8,562 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 58.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1897 · 48 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,959since 1880
Vernie 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
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
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| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | #1,292 | 34 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | #1,261 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | #1,123 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 | #1,116 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #1,019 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,088 | 44 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,066 | 45 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #984 | 52 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #984 | 49 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 | #1,038 | 39 |
| 1933 | #845 | 63 | #834 | 55 |
| 1932 | #869 | 64 | #862 | 55 |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 | #997 | 44 |
| 1930 | #786 | 80 | #782 | 67 |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1928 | #781 | 84 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #771 | 88 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #879 | 71 | #842 | 61 |
| 1925 | #786 | 88 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | #809 | 85 | #737 | 81 |
| 1923 | #757 | 92 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #742 | 96 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #750 | 95 | #760 | 77 |
| 1920 | #665 | 118 | #775 | 73 |
| 1919 | #700 | 100 | #777 | 69 |
| 1918 | #688 | 109 | #773 | 71 |
| 1917 | #683 | 101 | #876 | 53 |
| 1916 | #606 | 123 | #781 | 62 |
| 1915 | #605 | 117 | #741 | 65 |
| 1914 | #601 | 89 | #819 | 42 |
| 1913 | #606 | 73 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #563 | 73 | #816 | 29 |
| 1911 | #617 | 48 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #610 | 47 | #546 | 27 |
| 1909 | #500 | 56 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #468 | 58 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #492 | 42 | #505 | 18 |
| 1902 | #467 | 44 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | #487 | 16 |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #527 | 35 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #420 | 48 | #615 | 12 |
| 1896 | #448 | 42 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #463 | 36 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #449 | 35 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 | #525 | 15 |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 | — | |
| 1890 | #483 | 29 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #429 | 32 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #451 | 30 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #459 | 22 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #493 | 14 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vernie was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vernie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1930 (#1,015 → #786)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1929 (#781 → #1,015)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #420 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1928
- Highest: 1 in 4,879 girls born in 1897 were named Vernie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 255,310 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all girls named Vernie (880) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1978, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 186 | #429 (1889) | #499 |
| 1890s | 334 | #420 (1897) | #502 |
| 1900s | 451 | #467 (1902) | #507 |
| 1910s | 880 | #563 (1912) | #628 |
| 1920s | 868 | #665 (1920) | #796 |
| 1930s | 560 | #786 (1930) | #943 |
| 1940s | 359 | #1,088 (1940) | #1,424 |
| 1950s | 210 | #1,835 (1950) | #2,469 |
| 1960s | 76 | #3,458 (1963) | #4,698 |
| 1970s | 35 | #6,611 (1976) | #8,055 |
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.
Vernie in 1884
Top girls' names in 1884
More about 1884
girls
129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 9,925 of them was named Vernie, which outranked 50.3% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #556Verda14
- #556Verdie14
- #556Zola14
- #583Vernie13
- #583Abigail13
- #583Althea13
- #583Ana13
- #614America12
- #614Avie12
- #614Carlotta12
Tied with 30 names at #583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
- ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
- ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
- ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
- ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.