girls:
187 births since 1913
#5529 (3rd percentile)
boys:
293 births since 1915
#4293 (6th percentile)
overall:
480 births since 1913
#7259 (6th percentile)
The name Vernis is the #7,259 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 480 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,293 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 293 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,529 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 187 births since 1913.
Vernis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Vernis is available in 40 out of the 59 years between 1913 and 1971 (36 years for boys and 23 years for girls). 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.
The name Vernis has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.0% of all recorded births). In 1971, 100.0% of babies named Vernis were boys. Interestingly, until around 1915, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1913 to 1914), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (61.7% boys from 1915 to 1971).
For boys, Vernis reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #494) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1971.
For girls, Vernis reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #600) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1951.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vernis".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Vernis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Vernis is pronounced as VER-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ver-NEES, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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