Girls' name · since 1911
Verneal
Verneal has 171 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Verneal sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 171 recorded since 1911.
Verneal has 171 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1951.
- #21,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Verneal ranks #21,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Verneal's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Verneal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Verneal's full recorded timeline at 1928, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Verneal popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1951
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Verneal popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1958 (Verneal as boys' name)
Verneal by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (60 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Verneal's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Verneal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
60 births
- 1930s
1930s
52 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 60 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Verneal's decade-level peak was the 1920s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Verneal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1911–1951 (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 Verneal 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.