Vernetta
Vernetta was last recorded in 1995, when 6 babies were given it; 3,031 Americans have been recorded with it between 1897 and 1995 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,610 Americans named Vernetta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 56 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vernetta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vernetta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vernetta is “a female given name.”
Perhaps related to Laverne.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vernetta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,332, in 1995; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
81 babies in 1951, the peak
Vernetta peaked in 1951, when 81 girls were given it, #1,036 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | #13,332 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,709 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,536 | 2.7 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,307 | 4.8 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,897 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,514 | 7.1 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,667 | 5.6 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,967 | 5.2 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,591 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,631 | 9.9 |
Every recorded year (95)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 14 | #5,214 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,472 | 10.2 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,200 | 8.3 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,852 | 12.6 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,969 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,145 | 16.8 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,452 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,171 | 16.3 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,283 | 15.0 |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,049 | 16.5 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,681 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,401 | 21.9 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,677 | 17.7 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,596 | 17.4 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,077 | 22.9 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,252 | 19.6 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,088 | 20.7 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,037 | 20.6 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,599 | 29.5 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,671 | 26.1 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,888 | 21.1 |
| 1963 | 62 | #1,428 | 32.2 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,455 | 30.0 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,531 | 27.2 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,558 | 25.7 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,448 | 27.7 |
| 1958 | 64 | #1,331 | 31.8 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,546 | 24.0 |
| 1956 | 73 | #1,226 | 36.4 |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,165 | 37.8 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,600 | 21.1 |
| 1953 | 61 | #1,246 | 32.4 |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,349 | 28.0 |
| 1951 | 81 | #1,036 | 45.0 |
| 1950 | 60 | #1,198 | 35.0 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,510 | 22.2 |
| 1948 | 50 | #1,309 | 29.4 |
| 1947 | 57 | #1,202 | 32.2 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,272 | 29.9 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,618 | 20.7 |
| 1944 | 45 | #1,186 | 33.9 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,421 | 25.1 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,556 | 21.5 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,604 | 20.7 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,168 | 35.0 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,263 | 31.9 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,266 | 30.8 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,179 | 35.7 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,503 | 24.0 |
| 1935 | 50 | #982 | 47.7 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,187 | 35.4 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,397 | 27.8 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,235 | 32.8 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,224 | 33.8 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,231 | 33.7 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,482 | 25.1 |
| 1928 | 48 | #1,095 | 41.6 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,555 | 24.3 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,261 | 32.9 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,224 | 33.7 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,121 | 39.2 |
| 1923 | 54 | #1,036 | 44.8 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,159 | 37.5 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,295 | 30.0 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,130 | 37.6 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,367 | 29.2 |
| 1918 | 45 | #1,100 | 38.9 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,109 | 38.8 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,275 | 31.6 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,254 | 32.5 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,172 | 36.8 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,224 | 35.2 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,349 | 30.5 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,439 | 28.7 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,515 | 27.7 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,599 | 25.9 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,198 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,504 | 28.3 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,715 | 23.7 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,688 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,152 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,583 | 26.7 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,927 | 20.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,205 | 16.7 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,379 | 29.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vernetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vernetta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 95 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vernetta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vernetta, and how old are they?
1,610 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 3,031 Americans ever recorded as Vernetta. The median Vernetta alive today is 66 years old; half are between 56 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,615 people named Vernetta (1,612 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,838 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 183 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 831 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 444 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 152 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,542 babies since 1880, Vernetta is the second most given (35% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vernetta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vernetta and names like it
- Compare Vernetta and VernitaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sVernetta peaked in 1951.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vernetta since 1910.
- The top names of 1951The year the most babies were named Vernetta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vernetta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.