Vernisha — girls' name
333 babies named Vernisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Vernisha was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Vernisha in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vernisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Vernisha between 1973 and 2005, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Vernisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vernisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vernisha 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 333 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.
Vernisha at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vernisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1973
- Peak year (1994)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
333 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 23 births in a single year.
Vernisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 141 births that decade — 42% of Vernisha's all-time total
Vernisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Vernisha's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Vernisha by state
Where Vernisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 333 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2005 (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.