Verna
Verna was given to 44 girls in 2025, #3,512 among girls’ names; 69,638 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 17,400 Americans named Verna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 63 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Verna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Verna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Verna is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “spring-like” (vernus).
Coined in the 19th century, from Latin vernus (“spring-like”) or as a feminine of Vernon.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Verna?
#3,512 among girls’ names, 2025
Verna rose from #5,443 in 2015 to #3,512 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 14.0 to 27.4 per million.
1,885 babies in 1918, the peak
Verna peaked in 1918, when 1,885 babies were given it (1,873 girls, #125 among girls’ names). The 44 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,512 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 27 | #5,013 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,239 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,959 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,388 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,639 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,150 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,998 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,141 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,655 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,443 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,994 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,530 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,390 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,906 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,368 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #8,028 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,169 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,363 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,802 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,819 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,484 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,207 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,608 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,098 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,879 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,793 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,166 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,806 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,871 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,872 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,744 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,874 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,673 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,926 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,290 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,650 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,636 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,566 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,467 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,315 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,188 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,628 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,523 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,547 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,935 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,659 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,522 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 77 | #1,450 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,165 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,138 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,104 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 117 | #1,011 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 149 | #868 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 177 | #797 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 195 | #757 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 213 | #683 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 188 | #711 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 274 | #576 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 286 | #564 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 274 | #578 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 354 | #522 | 0.19 |
| 1963 | 359 | #514 | 0.19 |
| 1962 | 410 | #480 | 0.21 |
| 1961 | 465 | #454 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 532 | #421 | 0.26 |
| 1959 | 509 | #420 | 0.25 |
| 1958 | 546 | #392 | 0.27 |
| 1957 | 605 | #369 | 0.30 |
| 1956 | 606 | #355 | 0.30 |
| 1955 | 617 | #346 | 0.32 |
| 1954 | 584 | #357 | 0.30 |
| 1953 | 652 | #320 | 0.35 |
| 1952 | 655 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1951 | 667 | #303 | 0.37 |
| 1950 | 719 | #292 | 0.42 |
| 1949 | 736 | #284 | 0.43 |
| 1948 | 681 | #293 | 0.40 |
| 1947 | 777 | #276 | 0.44 |
| 1946 | 742 | #265 | 0.47 |
| 1945 | 719 | #253 | 0.55 |
| 1944 | 734 | #243 | 0.55 |
| 1943 | 881 | #222 | 0.63 |
| 1942 | 871 | #222 | 0.64 |
| 1941 | 862 | #207 | 0.71 |
| 1940 | 865 | #204 | 0.76 |
| 1939 | 927 | #190 | 0.85 |
| 1938 | 927 | #197 | 0.84 |
| 1937 | 934 | #192 | 0.88 |
| 1936 | 950 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1935 | 979 | #181 | 0.93 |
| 1934 | 1,040 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1933 | 1,078 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 1,175 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1931 | 1,213 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1930 | 1,359 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1929 | 1,342 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1928 | 1,458 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1927 | 1,535 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1926 | 1,586 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1925 | 1,613 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1924 | 1,661 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1923 | 1,713 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1922 | 1,693 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1921 | 1,813 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1920 | 1,851 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1919 | 1,816 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1918 | 1,873 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1917 | 1,799 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1916 | 1,713 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1915 | 1,570 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1914 | 1,226 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1913 | 1,038 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1912 | 914 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1911 | 639 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1910 | 626 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1909 | 582 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1908 | 549 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 538 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1906 | 533 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1905 | 488 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1904 | 429 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1903 | 424 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1902 | 436 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1901 | 361 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1900 | 412 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1899 | 329 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1898 | 410 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1897 | 350 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1896 | 326 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1895 | 326 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1894 | 310 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 1893 | 292 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1892 | 246 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1891 | 203 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1890 | 244 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1889 | 174 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 165 | #175 | 0.92 |
| 1887 | 129 | #177 | 0.88 |
| 1886 | 134 | #174 | 0.93 |
| 1885 | 108 | #177 | 0.81 |
| 1884 | 87 | #200 | 0.67 |
| 1883 | 103 | #165 | 0.92 |
| 1882 | 76 | #182 | 0.70 |
| 1881 | 30 | #288 | 0.33 |
| 1880 | 46 | #231 | 0.51 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Verna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Verna has been given almost only to girls: 525 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Verna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Verna, and how old are they?
17,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 25% of the 69,638 Americans ever recorded as Verna. The median Verna alive today is 73 years old; half are between 63 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 21,649 people named Verna (21,531 women and girls, 118 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 22,468 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,840 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,580 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 699 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 458 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 421 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Verna born?
The states with the most babies named Verna are Pennsylvania, Texas and Illinois, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5,939 | #867 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 3,685 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 2,989 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 2,663 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 2,372 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 2,261 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Michigan | 2,094 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 2,015 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Minnesota | 1,992 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Wisconsin | 1,900 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Verna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Verna is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Verna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 84,732 babies since 1880, Verna is the most given (82% of them). In 2025 it was given to 44 of their 109 babies (40%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Verna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Verna and names like it
- Compare Verna and VernieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sVerna peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Verna since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Verna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Verna.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Verna alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.