Vernie
Vernie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 424th, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1916123 births
- Best rank
- #424in 1897
- Since 1880
- 6,718people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,958 girls have been named Vernie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 123 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 123 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1921, and the 1910s alone account for 22%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Vernie is used for both sexes: 41% of its bearers are boys (2,760), most of them born around 1924.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Vernie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 186 | |
| 1890s | 334 | |
| 1900s | 451 | |
| 1910s | 880 | |
| 1920s | 868 | |
| 1930s | 560 | |
| 1940s | 358 | |
| 1950s | 210 | |
| 1960s | 76 | |
| 1970s | 35 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Vernie was the 611th most given girl’s name 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 Vernie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Olapeak 1921
- Essiepeak 1921
- Ednapeak 1918
- Estapeak 1920
- Agnespeak 1918
- Loviepeak 1919
- Jettiepeak 1918
- Virgiepeak 1918
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.