# Vernice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vernice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,079 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 789 / 7,290 (90% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 18 | 5,473 |
| 1993 | 12 | 7,480 |
| 1994 | 13 | 7,087 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7,498 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,529 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,997 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9,242 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,779 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,749 |
| 2001 | 6 | 15,271 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,908 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,531 |
| 2009 | 5 | 20,047 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,427 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 6 | 3,921 |
| 1957 | 9 | 3,015 |
| 1958 | 8 | 3,259 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,971 |
| 1960 | 10 | 2,861 |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,341 |
| 1962 | 6 | 4,019 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,633 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,589 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,911 |
| 1969 | 9 | 3,300 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,407 |
| 1971 | 9 | 3,649 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,720 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,848 |

## People named Vernice

- Erma Franklin, American musician, gospel and soul singer (1938–2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.