Verna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Verna is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “spring-like”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Verna mean?
Latin
“spring-like”
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Verna a girl's or a boy's name?
Verna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Verna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Verna, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,873 girls.
2025 had more girls named Verna than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Verna in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.
Verna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,528 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,645 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,511 |
| 1977 | 77 | #1,440 |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,160 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,094 |
| 1973 | 117 | #1,009 |
| 1972 | 149 | #863 |
| 1971 | 177 | #796 |
| 1970 | 195 | #755 |
| 1969 | 213 | #682 |
| 1968 | 188 | #711 |
| 1967 | 274 | #572 |
| 1966 | 286 | #562 |
| 1965 | 274 | #576 |
| 1964 | 354 | #522 |
| 1963 | 359 | #514 |
| 1962 | 410 | #478 |
| 1961 | 465 | #454 |
| 1960 | 532 | #420 |
| 1959 | 509 | #420 |
| 1958 | 546 | #392 |
| 1957 | 605 | #369 |
| 1956 | 606 | #355 |
| 1955 | 617 | #346 |
| 1954 | 584 | #357 |
| 1953 | 652 | #320 |
| 1952 | 655 | #316 |
| 1951 | 667 | #303 |
| 1950 | 719 | #292 |
| 1949 | 736 | #284 |
| 1948 | 681 | #293 |
| 1947 | 777 | #276 |
| 1946 | 742 | #265 |
| 1945 | 719 | #253 |
| 1944 | 734 | #243 |
| 1943 | 881 | #222 |
| 1942 | 871 | #222 |
| 1941 | 862 | #207 |
| 1940 | 865 | #204 |
| 1939 | 927 | #190 |
| 1938 | 927 | #197 |
| 1937 | 934 | #192 |
| 1936 | 950 | #189 |
| 1935 | 979 | #181 |
| 1934 | 1,040 | #177 |
| 1933 | 1,078 | #168 |
| 1932 | 1,175 | #165 |
| 1931 | 1,213 | #154 |
| 1930 | 1,359 | #151 |
| 1929 | 1,342 | #156 |
| 1928 | 1,458 | #152 |
| 1927 | 1,535 | #153 |
| 1926 | 1,586 | #152 |
| 1925 | 1,613 | #153 |
| 1924 | 1,661 | #153 |
| 1923 | 1,713 | #146 |
| 1922 | 1,693 | #146 |
| 1921 | 1,813 | #141 |
| 1920 | 1,851 | #135 |
| 1919 | 1,816 | #131 |
| 1918 | 1,873 | #125 |
| 1917 | 1,799 | #124 |
| 1916 | 1,713 | #125 |
| 1915 | 1,570 | #126 |
| 1914 | 1,226 | #125 |
| 1913 | 1,038 | #126 |
| 1912 | 914 | #126 |
| 1911 | 639 | #132 |
| 1910 | 626 | #130 |
| 1909 | 582 | #122 |
| 1908 | 549 | #123 |
| 1907 | 538 | #123 |
| 1906 | 533 | #117 |
| 1905 | 488 | #129 |
| 1904 | 429 | #136 |
| 1903 | 424 | #131 |
| 1902 | 436 | #129 |
| 1901 | 361 | #138 |
| 1900 | 412 | #143 |
| 1899 | 329 | #143 |
| 1898 | 410 | #128 |
| 1897 | 350 | #138 |
| 1896 | 326 | #143 |
| 1895 | 326 | #140 |
| 1894 | 310 | #138 |
| 1893 | 292 | #142 |
| 1892 | 246 | #157 |
| 1891 | 203 | #166 |
| 1890 | 244 | #145 |
| 1889 | 174 | #168 |
| 1888 | 165 | #175 |
| 1887 | 129 | #176 |
| 1886 | 134 | #174 |
| 1885 | 108 | #176 |
| 1884 | 87 | #199 |
| 1883 | 103 | #163 |
| 1882 | 76 | #180 |
| 1881 | 30 | #286 |
| 1880 | 46 | #227 |
Names like Verna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alma Flora Vera Rosa Viola Clara Loretta Stella Virginia Estella Frances Florence
Names related to Verna
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Verna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/verna, updated 20 October 2026.