Vernetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,031 babies named Vernetta between 1897 and 1995, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 611 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Vernetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernetta in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernetta 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 3,031 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.