Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Verna

#484 most common girls' name of all time · #893 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#484
Rank overall
#893 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
69,638
Since 2016
329
Peak year
1918 #125
Best rank
#117 1906
Girls Boys peak 1,885/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Verna is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 44 — 44 #3,459
2024 27 — 27 #4,894
2023 25 — 25 #5,126
2022 38 — 38 #3,893
2021 24 — 24 #5,237
2020 29 — 29 #4,548
2019 26 — 26 #5,041
2018 37 — 37 #3,918
2017 36 — 36 #4,067
2016 43 — 43 #3,588
2015 25 — 25 #5,289
2014 38 — 38 #3,925
2013 32 — 32 #4,422
2012 26 — 26 #5,253
2011 29 — 29 #4,807
2010 21 — 21 #6,182
2009 16 — 16 #7,680
2008 38 — 38 #4,089
2007 27 — 27 #5,230
2006 30 — 30 #4,686
2005 28 — 28 #4,705
2004 31 — 31 #4,391
2003 32 — 32 #4,109
2002 27 — 27 #4,499
2001 31 — 31 #4,026
2000 33 — 33 #3,809
1999 32 — 32 #3,718
1998 40 — 40 #3,116
1997 22 — 22 #4,661
1996 21 — 21 #4,739
1995 28 — 28 #3,781
1994 45 — 45 #2,701
1993 42 — 42 #2,825
1992 30 — 30 #3,583
1991 40 — 40 #2,886
1990 34 — 34 #3,227
1989 43 — 43 #2,618
1988 41 — 41 #2,597
1987 40 — 40 #2,531
1986 41 — 41 #2,422
1985 44 — 44 #2,283
1984 46 — 46 #2,149
1983 69 — 69 #1,608
1982 79 — 79 #1,511
1981 78 — 78 #1,529
1980 56 — 56 #1,904
1979 68 — 68 #1,645
1978 74 5 79 #1,512
1977 77 — 77 #1,440
1976 99 — 99 #1,162
1975 103 — 103 #1,127
1974 106 — 106 #1,095
1973 117 — 117 #1,009
1972 149 — 149 #864
1971 177 — 177 #796
1970 195 7 202 #755
1969 213 — 213 #682
1968 188 5 193 #711
1967 274 — 274 #572
1966 286 — 286 #563
1965 274 — 274 #576
1964 354 6 360 #522
1963 359 7 366 #514
1962 410 5 415 #479
1961 465 6 471 #454
1960 532 — 532 #420
1959 509 5 514 #420
1958 546 — 546 #392
1957 605 8 613 #369
1956 606 6 612 #355
1955 617 10 627 #346
1954 584 — 584 #358
1953 652 5 657 #320
1952 655 — 655 #316
1951 667 10 677 #303
1950 719 6 725 #292
1949 736 9 745 #284
1948 681 5 686 #293
1947 777 5 782 #276
1946 742 — 742 #265
1945 719 8 727 #253
1944 734 5 739 #243
1943 881 8 889 #222
1942 871 5 876 #222
1941 862 — 862 #207
1940 865 9 874 #204
1939 927 — 927 #190
1938 927 9 936 #197
1937 934 14 948 #192
1936 950 8 958 #189
1935 979 7 986 #181
1934 1,040 10 1,050 #177
1933 1,078 12 1,090 #168
1932 1,175 15 1,190 #165
1931 1,213 14 1,227 #154
1930 1,359 11 1,370 #151
1929 1,342 12 1,354 #156
1928 1,458 13 1,471 #152
1927 1,535 17 1,552 #153
1926 1,586 20 1,606 #152
1925 1,613 15 1,628 #153
1924 1,661 12 1,673 #153
1923 1,713 11 1,724 #146
1922 1,693 21 1,714 #146
1921 1,813 18 1,831 #141
1920 1,851 15 1,866 #135
1919 1,816 19 1,835 #131
1918 1,873 12 1,885 #125
1917 1,799 5 1,804 #124
1916 1,713 16 1,729 #125
1915 1,570 14 1,584 #126
1914 1,226 9 1,235 #125
1913 1,038 8 1,046 #126
1912 914 — 914 #126
1911 639 7 646 #132
1910 626 — 626 #130
1909 582 6 588 #122
1908 549 — 549 #125
1907 538 — 538 #123
1906 533 — 533 #117
1905 488 6 494 #129
1904 429 5 434 #137
1903 424 — 424 #131
1902 436 8 444 #129
1901 361 6 367 #138
1900 412 — 412 #143
1899 329 — 329 #143
1898 410 — 410 #129
1897 350 — 350 #138
1896 326 — 326 #144
1895 326 — 326 #140
1894 310 — 310 #138
1893 292 — 292 #142
1892 246 — 246 #157
1891 203 — 203 #167
1890 244 — 244 #145
1889 174 — 174 #169
1888 165 — 165 #175
1887 129 — 129 #177
1886 134 — 134 #174
1885 108 — 108 #176
1884 87 — 87 #200
1883 103 5 108 #165
1882 76 — 76 #182
1881 30 — 30 #286
1880 46 — 46 #231