Vernestine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernestine

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Vernestine between 1930 and 1961, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernestine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Vernestine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vernestine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernestine 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 137 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.