Verena

girls:

1.9k births since 1890

#3890 (32nd percentile)

overall:

1.9k births since 1890

#5850 (24th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Verena is the #5,850 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,914 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 24.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,890 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,914 births since 1890.

Verena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (first recorded for girls in 1890). Birth data for Verena is available in 130 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Verena reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #535) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 55 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2009, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Verena ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 26.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Verena".

1890 2023 18902023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,914
Peak Births
43
Peak Year
1916
First Recorded
1890
Peak Percentile
6.6%
Current Percentile
2.1%
Peak Rank
#535
Current Rank
#927
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Verena

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Verena. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 39.5% confident that Verena is pronounced as ver-EE-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ver-EH-nuh, at 27.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.

ver-EE-nuh (3 syllables)
39.5% confidence
V ER0 IY1 N AH0
ver-EH-nuh (3 syllables)
27.9% confidence
V ER0 EH1 N AH0
ver-AY-nuh (3 syllables)
Verified
14.0% confidence
V ER0 EY1 N AH0
VER-ee-nuh (3 syllables)
7.0% confidence
V ER1 IY0 N AH0
vuh-REH-nuh (3 syllables)
7.0% confidence
V AH0 R EH1 N AH0
vuh-REE-nuh (3 syllables)
4.7% confidence
V AH0 R IY1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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