Varina — girls' name
212 babies named Varina in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Varina was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Varina in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Varina
The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Varina between 1888 and 2015, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Varina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Varina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Varina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Varina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 212 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Varina at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Varina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1888
- Peak year (1949)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
212 total births across 128 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 10 births in a single year.
Varina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 38 births that decade — 18% of Varina's all-time total
Varina decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Varina's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1888–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.