Vernita
Vernita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 912th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1961123 births
- Best rank
- #912in 1954
- Since 1899
- 4,027people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,027 girls have been named Vernita in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, 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 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 23%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Vernita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 171 | |
| 1920s | 363 | |
| 1930s | 373 | |
| 1940s | 434 | |
| 1950s | 935 | |
| 1960s | 914 | |
| 1970s | 463 | |
| 1980s | 246 | |
| 1990s | 85 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Vernita was the 976th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Vernita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arnitapeak 1956
- Anitapeak 1957
- Willettepeak 1965
- Benitapeak 1961
- Vanitapeak 1971
- Ermelindapeak 1964
- Twylapeak 1964
- Venitapeak 1960
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.