Vernita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernita

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,027 babies named Vernita between 1899 and 2009, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 123 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 935 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Vernita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernita in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernita 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 4,027 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.