Vernette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,254 babies named Vernette between 1907 and 1988, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernette performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 219 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Vernette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernette in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernette 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 1,254 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.