Vernita
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,027since 1899
Vernita over time
Rank among girls' names. Vernita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,575 | 61 |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 |
| 1969 | #1,385 | 69 |
| 1968 | #1,365 | 67 |
| 1967 | #1,164 | 83 |
| 1966 | #1,225 | 77 |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 |
| 1964 | #1,145 | 92 |
| 1963 | #1,026 | 108 |
| 1962 | #1,050 | 106 |
| 1961 | #972 | 123 |
| 1960 | #1,052 | 104 |
| 1959 | #1,018 | 108 |
| 1958 | #1,069 | 96 |
| 1957 | #1,055 | 97 |
| 1956 | #940 | 115 |
| 1955 | #978 | 104 |
| 1954 | #910 | 112 |
| 1953 | #1,034 | 87 |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 71 |
| 1951 | #1,068 | 75 |
| 1950 | #1,099 | 70 |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 |
| 1947 | #1,228 | 54 |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,137 | 48 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,076 | 42 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 45 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Vernita! It came in at #1,034, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Vernita is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#426 · 1 in 3,860
- Alabama#470 · 1 in 4,009
- Illinois#527 · 1 in 5,831
- Virginia#547 · 1 in 6,632
- Georgia#700 · 1 in 8,723
Best ever in a state: #297 in Tennessee, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #426 | 9 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Alabama | #470 | 8 | 1 in 4,009 |
| Illinois | #527 | 17 | 1 in 5,831 |
| Virginia | #547 | 6 | 1 in 6,632 |
| Georgia | #700 | 5 | 1 in 8,723 |
| Texas | #1,180 | 6 | 1 in 17,864 |
| California | #1,431 | 6 | 1 in 29,019 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Vernita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1954 (#1,034 → #910)
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1957 (#940 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1954 at #910 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1954–1956
- Highest: 1 in 16,411 girls born in 1961 were named Vernita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,423 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #910 in 1954, was only 1 in 17,339 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.2% of all girls named Vernita (935) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,034 (1899) | #1,034 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,471 (1909) | #1,645 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,241 (1917) | #1,736 |
| 1920s | 363 | #1,094 (1929) | #1,316 |
| 1930s | 373 | #1,076 (1933) | #1,182 |
| 1940s | 434 | #1,121 (1949) | #1,293 |
| 1950s | 935 | #910 (1954) | #1,029 |
| 1960s | 914 | #972 (1961) | #1,154 |
| 1970s | 463 | #1,369 (1970) | #2,072 |
| 1980s | 246 | #2,603 (1980) | #3,695 |
| 1990s | 85 | #5,549 (1990) | #7,387 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,294 (2009) | #17,294 |
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.
Vernita in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 17,847 of them was named Vernita, which outranked 86.6% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,022Holli109
- #1,022Lizabeth109
- #1,022May109
- #1,026Vernita108
- #1,026Adela108
- #1,026Ashley108
- #1,026Cathi108
- #1,036Carri107
- #1,036Delinda107
- #1,036Eula107
Tied with 9 names at #1,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.