Verena
Verena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. Its best rank was 869th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 191643 births
- Best rank
- #869in 1890
- Since 1890
- 1,949people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,949 girls have been named Verena in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 43 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Verena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 84 | |
| 1900s | 73 | |
| 1910s | 244 | |
| 1920s | 264 | |
| 1930s | 135 | |
| 1940s | 99 | |
| 1950s | 127 | |
| 1960s | 114 | |
| 1970s | 106 | |
| 1980s | 86 | |
| 1990s | 86 | |
| 2000s | 152 | |
| 2010s | 230 | |
| 2020s | 149 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Verena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Verena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hazelpeak 1918
- Ilahpeak 2022
- Bethelpeak 1922
- Faepeak 1916
- Tulapeak 2019
- Estherpeak 1918
- Zolapeak 2018
- Eulaliapeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.