Vernice
About Vernice
Part Verna, part Bernice, Vernice saw use as a girls' name during the heyday of both those names. Both entered the Top 200 in the 1880s, where Verna lasted until 1940 and Bernice a decade longer.
While there are still a few dozen baby girls named Verna and Bernice each year, Vernice has become extinct.
Pronounced ver-NEES.
As of October 2026, Vernice ranked #19426 in US births in 2011 SSA, peaked at #453 in 1919.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Vernice on lists
Famous Vernices
- Vernice Armour
first black woman U.S. Marine aviator
- Vernice Doris Ferguson
U.S. Veterans Affairs nurse executive
- Ebony Vernice Hoffman
American basketball player
- Erma Vernice Franklin
American R&B singer, sister of Aretha Franklin
- Catherine Vernice "Cat" Glover
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- Vernice Carlton Smith
American male NFL player
- Vernice "Bunky" Green
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