Verniece — girls' name
294 babies named Verniece in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Verniece was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Verniece in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Verniece
The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Verniece between 1911 and 1988, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verniece currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Verniece performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Verniece shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Verniece 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 294 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.
Verniece at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Verniece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1911
- Peak year (1920)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
294 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 17 births in a single year.
Verniece by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 125 births that decade — 43% of Verniece's all-time total
Verniece decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Verniece's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.