Vernis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Vernis

The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Vernis between 1915 and 1971, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vernis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Vernis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 187 additional births since 1913.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vernis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vernis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernis 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 293 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.