Vernia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,288 babies named Vernia between 1885 and 1973, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 289 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Vernia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernia in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernia 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 1,288 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.