Vernessa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 881 babies named Vernessa between 1920 and 1994, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernessa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 347 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vernessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernessa in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernessa 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 881 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.