Vernie

Girl · recorded 1880–1978

  • 1978last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

010320518801905192919541978

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 94 recorded years as a table
Vernie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880110
1881141
1882130
188389
1884101
1885165
1886152
1887137
1888168
1889179
1890152
1891129
1892113
1893164
1894161
1895175
1896177
1897205
1898135
189986
1900133
1901155
1902167
1903160
1904142
1905120
1906173
1907182
1908147
1909161
1910119
1911115
1912131
1913117
1914117
1915119
1916118
191793
191894
191988
192098
192177
192280
192376
192468
192572
192660
192774
192873
192946
193071
193157
193260
193363
193455
193547
193638
193746
193847
193941
194038
194128
194232
194331
194424
194524
194617
194719
194824
194918
195016
195115
195214
195313
195412
19557
19568
19578
195811
19597
19605
19616
19637
19646
19664
19675
19684
19694
19703
19723
19733
19765
19774
19784

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Vernie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1978
6
Rank in 1978
#8,562
How rare
1 in 255,309 girls
Since 1880
3,959

Vernie was last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 205 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Vernie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.