Vernie
Vernie was last recorded in 1991, when 5 babies were given it; 6,719 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1991 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,230 Americans named Vernie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (18% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 65 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vernie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vernie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vernie is “a diminutive of the female given names Laverne, Verna, and Veronica.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Vernon.”
Diminutives + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vernie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #9,714, in 1978; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
191 babies in 1920, the peak
Vernie peaked in 1920, when 191 babies were given it (118 girls, #670 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #9,576 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 5 | #9,421 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 6 | #7,861 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 7 | #5,600 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 6 | #6,228 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 9 | #4,478 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 9 | #4,387 | |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,714 | 5 | #6,723 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,615 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,271 | 5 | #6,470 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | under 5 | 8 | #4,297 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 14 | #2,791 | |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,761 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,626 | 8 | #3,946 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 15 | #2,549 | |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,319 | 17 | #2,288 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,596 | 12 | #2,677 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,229 | 8 | #3,351 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,968 | 17 | #1,966 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,541 | 19 | #1,810 |
| 1965 | under 5 | 17 | #1,982 | |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,339 | 16 | #2,110 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,631 | 21 | #1,788 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 18 | #1,957 | |
| 1961 | 12 | #4,003 | 25 | #1,632 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,432 | 30 | #1,482 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,427 | 24 | #1,660 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,504 | 24 | #1,640 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,923 | 34 | #1,362 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,042 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,371 | 29 | #1,455 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,290 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,120 | 21 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 26 | #2,018 | 26 | #1,515 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,919 | 34 | #1,276 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,869 | 40 | #1,137 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,764 | 29 | #1,375 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,457 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,693 | 42 | #1,133 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,768 | 45 | #1,030 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,447 | 37 | #1,072 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,453 | 34 | #1,150 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,249 | 39 | #1,103 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,228 | 24 | #1,464 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,333 | 29 | #1,252 |
| 1940 | 44 | #1,095 | 34 | #1,155 |
| 1939 | 45 | #1,078 | 33 | #1,139 |
| 1938 | 52 | #991 | 31 | #1,197 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,015 | 40 | #1,014 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,133 | 28 | #1,270 |
| 1935 | 49 | #993 | 37 | #1,077 |
| 1934 | 57 | #915 | 39 | #1,057 |
| 1933 | 63 | #850 | 55 | #841 |
| 1932 | 64 | #874 | 55 | #866 |
| 1931 | 61 | #885 | 44 | #1,013 |
| 1930 | 80 | #794 | 67 | #795 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,030 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1928 | 84 | #784 | 50 | #979 |
| 1927 | 88 | #775 | 52 | #979 |
| 1926 | 71 | #887 | 61 | #854 |
| 1925 | 88 | #790 | 48 | #997 |
| 1924 | 85 | #815 | 81 | #743 |
| 1923 | 92 | #759 | 48 | #1,022 |
| 1922 | 96 | #749 | 68 | #828 |
| 1921 | 95 | #751 | 77 | #766 |
| 1920 | 118 | #670 | 73 | #783 |
| 1919 | 100 | #703 | 69 | #782 |
| 1918 | 109 | #690 | 71 | #779 |
| 1917 | 101 | #685 | 53 | #883 |
| 1916 | 123 | #611 | 62 | #789 |
| 1915 | 117 | #606 | 65 | #749 |
| 1914 | 89 | #607 | 42 | #835 |
| 1913 | 73 | #610 | 43 | #708 |
| 1912 | 73 | #566 | 29 | #833 |
| 1911 | 48 | #623 | 27 | #596 |
| 1910 | 47 | #618 | 27 | #554 |
| 1909 | 56 | #508 | 13 | #837 |
| 1908 | 49 | #526 | 13 | #777 |
| 1907 | 58 | #472 | 15 | #698 |
| 1906 | 51 | #485 | 13 | #704 |
| 1905 | 35 | #598 | 12 | #737 |
| 1904 | 39 | #536 | 11 | #757 |
| 1903 | 42 | #494 | 18 | #524 |
| 1902 | 44 | #477 | 13 | #648 |
| 1901 | 37 | #508 | 16 | #505 |
| 1900 | 40 | #541 | 19 | #576 |
| 1899 | 20 | #726 | 13 | #579 |
| 1898 | 35 | #543 | 21 | #448 |
| 1897 | 48 | #424 | 12 | #649 |
| 1896 | 42 | #452 | 13 | #637 |
| 1895 | 41 | #454 | 11 | #679 |
| 1894 | 36 | #474 | 15 | #539 |
| 1893 | 35 | #454 | 11 | #647 |
| 1892 | 24 | #578 | 15 | #544 |
| 1891 | 24 | #540 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 29 | #490 | 9 | #736 |
| 1889 | 32 | #429 | 8 | #784 |
| 1888 | 30 | #455 | 5 | #1,173 |
| 1887 | 20 | #511 | 6 | #912 |
| 1886 | 22 | #475 | 8 | #753 |
| 1885 | 22 | #457 | 7 | #830 |
| 1884 | 13 | #611 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 10 | #648 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 14 | #505 | 6 | #936 |
| 1881 | 13 | #490 | 6 | #860 |
| 1880 | 10 | #579 | 6 | #903 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Vernie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,719 Americans recorded as Vernie, 59% are girls and 41% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vernie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vernie, and how old are they?
1,230 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 18% of the 6,719 Americans ever recorded as Vernie. The median Vernie alive today is 74 years old; half are between 65 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 1,483 people named Vernie (755 women and girls, 728 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,661 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% 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 | 357 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 636 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 201 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 27 |
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).
Where are babies named Vernie born?
The states with the most babies named Vernie are North Carolina, Kentucky and Oklahoma, with 40% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 339 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 185 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Oklahoma | 167 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Texas | 163 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 117 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 113 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Arkansas | 111 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 104 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 94 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 73 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Vernie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vernie is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vernie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 78,326 babies since 1880, Vernie is the second most given (8.6% of them). In 2025 none of their 44 babies recorded by SSA was a Vernie (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Vernie
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 Vernie and names like it
- Compare Vernie and VernaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVernie peaked in 1920.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vernie since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Vernie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vernie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.