Verna — #4874 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Verna

The Social Security Administration has registered 69,061 babies named Verna between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verna currently holds the #4874 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 1,873 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Verna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16,265 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Verna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5,928 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Verna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Verna 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 69,061 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.