Girls' name · since 1915
Vernella
Vernella has 62 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vernella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 62 recorded since 1915.
Vernella has 62 recorded births among girls since 1915, 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 1915 to 1949.
- #32,578 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vernella ranks #32,578 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vernella's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vernella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vernella's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1928 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vernella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1949
- Peak year (1928)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Vernella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (30 births, 48% of the file).
1920s was Vernella's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Vernella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 30 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Vernella's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1940s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vernella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1915–1949 (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 Vernella 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.