Girls' name · since 1962
Vernica
145 babies named Vernica in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vernica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 145 have been recorded since 1962.
Social Security Administration records show Vernica recorded 145 times among girls since 1962, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1989.
- #23,165 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1962
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vernica ranks #23,165 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1962, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vernica's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vernica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vernica's full recorded timeline at 1977, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vernica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1989
- Peak year (1975)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Vernica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Vernica's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Vernica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vernica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vernica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.