Fewer than five US girls were named Vernice in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #453, reached in 1919. The most girls given the name in a single year was 225, in 1923. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #923 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vernice in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1887 with 5 babies. In all, 8,079 US babies have been given the name, 90% of them girls and 9.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,984 babies named Vernice.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Vernice.
Rarer spellings such as Verniece, Verneice and Vernece are summarised on this page.
Meaning
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.