Girls' name · since 1972
Verenice
1,625 babies named Verenice in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,156 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,625
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Verenice is the #11156 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,625 recorded since 1972.
Verenice has 1,625 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11156 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #5,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,156 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,625 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Verenice ranks #5,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,156 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,625 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,156 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,625
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Verenice's 1,625 recorded births place it above 92.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Verenice compares
1,625 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Verenice's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Verenice | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,625 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 21 | 19,840 |
Verenice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Verenice's full recorded timeline at 1999, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 86 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Verenice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Verenice by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (628 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Verenice's strongest decade.
628 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Verenice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 221
1980s
221 births
- 1990s
1990s
628 births
- 2000s
2000s
544 births
- 2010s 130
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 628 births (39% of all-time use).
How Verenice compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Verenice's total volume
Verenice by state
Where Verenice concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 747 | 46.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 203 | 12.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 49 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Nevada | | 6 | 0.4% |
747 of 1,625 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Verenice's data
- Verenice's decade-level peak was the 1990s (628 total births); usage has since declined to 45 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Verenices (747 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Verenice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Verenice draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.