Verna is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Verna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,513 for girl births in the United States (and #6,186 across all names), given to 44 babies. Verna was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,873 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | #3,513 | — |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | #5,016 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #5,242 | — |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | #3,961 | — |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | #5,392 | — |
| 2020 | 29 | 29 | #4,641 | — |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | #5,152 | — |
| 2018 | 37 | 37 | #3,999 | — |
| 2017 | 36 | 36 | #4,142 | — |
| 2016 | 43 | 43 | #3,655 | — |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 | #5,445 | — |
| 2014 | 38 | 38 | #3,996 | — |
| 2013 | 32 | 32 | #4,532 | — |
| 2012 | 26 | 26 | #5,392 | — |
| 2011 | 29 | 29 | #4,908 | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #6,370 | — |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 | #8,032 | — |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | #4,170 | — |
| 2007 | 27 | 27 | #5,366 | — |
| 2006 | 30 | 30 | #4,803 | — |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | #4,823 | — |
| 2004 | 31 | 31 | #4,488 | — |
| 2003 | 32 | 32 | #4,211 | — |
| 2002 | 27 | 27 | #4,612 | — |
| 2001 | 31 | 31 | #4,102 | — |
| 2000 | 33 | 33 | #3,884 | — |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | #3,797 | — |
| 1998 | 40 | 40 | #3,169 | — |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #4,810 | — |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #4,876 | — |
| 1995 | 28 | — | #3,877 | — |
| 1994 | 45 | — | #2,749 | — |
| 1993 | 42 | — | #2,879 | — |
| 1992 | 30 | — | #3,678 | — |
| 1991 | 40 | — | #2,932 | — |
| 1990 | 34 | — | #3,295 | — |
| 1989 | 43 | — | #2,656 | — |
| 1988 | 41 | — | #2,641 | — |
| 1987 | 40 | — | #2,568 | — |
| 1986 | 41 | — | #2,468 | — |
| 1985 | 44 | — | #2,316 | — |
| 1984 | 46 | — | #2,189 | — |
| 1983 | 69 | — | #1,628 | — |
| 1982 | 79 | — | #1,523 | — |
| 1981 | 78 | — | #1,547 | — |
| 1980 | 56 | — | #1,935 | — |
| 1979 | 68 | — | #1,659 | — |
| 1978 | 79 | — | #1,522 | #6,725 |
| 1977 | 77 | — | #1,450 | — |
| 1976 | 99 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1975 | 103 | — | #1,138 | — |
| 1974 | 106 | — | #1,104 | — |
| 1973 | 117 | — | #1,011 | — |
| 1972 | 149 | — | #868 | — |
| 1971 | 177 | — | #797 | — |
| 1970 | 202 | — | #757 | #4,210 |
| 1969 | 213 | — | #683 | — |
| 1968 | 193 | — | #711 | #4,723 |
| 1967 | 274 | — | #576 | — |
| 1966 | 286 | — | #564 | — |
| 1965 | 274 | — | #578 | — |
| 1964 | 360 | — | #522 | #4,022 |
| 1963 | 366 | — | #514 | #3,632 |
| 1962 | 415 | — | #480 | #4,607 |
| 1961 | 471 | — | #454 | #4,042 |
| 1960 | 532 | — | #421 | — |
| 1959 | 514 | — | #420 | #4,546 |
| 1958 | 546 | — | #392 | — |
| 1957 | 613 | — | #369 | #3,248 |
| 1956 | 612 | — | #355 | #3,920 |
| 1955 | 627 | — | #346 | #2,752 |
| 1954 | 584 | — | #358 | — |
| 1953 | 657 | — | #320 | #4,307 |
| 1952 | 655 | — | #316 | — |
| 1951 | 677 | — | #303 | #2,653 |
| 1950 | 725 | — | #292 | #3,663 |
| 1949 | 745 | — | #284 | #2,794 |
| 1948 | 686 | — | #293 | #4,174 |
| 1947 | 782 | — | #276 | #4,238 |
| 1946 | 742 | — | #265 | — |
| 1945 | 727 | — | #253 | #2,736 |
| 1944 | 739 | — | #243 | #3,877 |
| 1943 | 889 | — | #222 | #2,952 |
| 1942 | 876 | — | #222 | #4,019 |
| 1941 | 862 | — | #207 | — |
| 1940 | 874 | — | #204 | #2,661 |
| 1939 | 927 | — | #190 | — |
| 1938 | 936 | — | #197 | #2,641 |
| 1937 | 948 | — | #192 | #1,986 |
| 1936 | 958 | — | #189 | #2,842 |
| 1935 | 986 | — | #181 | #3,242 |
| 1934 | 1,050 | — | #177 | #2,553 |
| 1933 | 1,090 | — | #168 | #2,208 |
| 1932 | 1,190 | — | #165 | #1,987 |
| 1931 | 1,227 | — | #154 | #2,094 |
| 1930 | 1,370 | — | #151 | #2,600 |
| 1929 | 1,354 | — | #156 | #2,446 |
| 1928 | 1,471 | — | #152 | #2,382 |
| 1927 | 1,552 | — | #153 | #2,026 |
| 1926 | 1,606 | — | #152 | #1,784 |
| 1925 | 1,628 | — | #153 | #2,183 |
| 1924 | 1,673 | — | #153 | #2,632 |
| 1923 | 1,724 | — | #146 | #2,764 |
| 1922 | 1,714 | — | #146 | #1,760 |
| 1921 | 1,831 | — | #141 | #1,976 |
| 1920 | 1,866 | — | #135 | #2,225 |
| 1919 | 1,835 | — | #131 | #1,805 |
| 1918 | 1,885 | — | #125 | #2,529 |
| 1917 | 1,804 | — | #124 | #4,565 |
| 1916 | 1,729 | — | #125 | #1,942 |
| 1915 | 1,584 | — | #126 | #2,060 |
| 1914 | 1,235 | — | #125 | #2,444 |
| 1913 | 1,046 | — | #126 | #2,263 |
| 1912 | 914 | — | #126 | — |
| 1911 | 646 | — | #132 | #1,525 |
| 1910 | 626 | — | #130 | — |
| 1909 | 588 | — | #122 | #1,431 |
| 1908 | 549 | — | #125 | — |
| 1907 | 538 | — | #123 | — |
| 1906 | 533 | — | #117 | — |
| 1905 | 494 | — | #129 | #1,224 |
| 1904 | 434 | — | #137 | #1,388 |
| 1903 | 424 | — | #131 | — |
| 1902 | 444 | — | #129 | #924 |
| 1901 | 367 | — | #138 | #1,052 |
| 1900 | 412 | — | #143 | — |
| 1899 | 329 | — | #143 | — |
| 1898 | 410 | — | #129 | — |
| 1897 | 350 | — | #138 | — |
| 1896 | 326 | — | #144 | — |
| 1895 | 326 | — | #140 | — |
| 1894 | 310 | — | #138 | — |
| 1893 | 292 | — | #142 | — |
| 1892 | 246 | — | #157 | — |
| 1891 | 203 | — | #167 | — |
| 1890 | 244 | — | #145 | — |
| 1889 | 174 | — | #169 | — |
| 1888 | 165 | — | #175 | — |
| 1887 | 129 | — | #177 | — |
| 1886 | 134 | — | #174 | — |
| 1885 | 108 | — | #177 | — |
| 1884 | 87 | — | #200 | — |
| 1883 | 108 | — | #165 | #1,028 |
| 1882 | 76 | — | #182 | — |
| 1881 | 30 | — | #288 | — |
| 1880 | 46 | — | #231 | — |