Vern

Where Vern comes from

The dictionaries list Vern as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Vernon — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #392 among boys — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1895
    Peak, #269
    43 babies named Vern — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1943
    Vern Schuppan born
    Australian racing driver
  4. 1962
    Vern Fleming born
    American basketball player
  5. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,536.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Vernon.
Namesakes
  • Vern Schuppan · Australian racing driver, born 1943
  • Vern Fleming · American basketball player, born 1962
  • Vern Mikkelsen · American basketball player, 1928–2013
  • Vern Buchanan · U.S. Representative from Florida, born 1951
  • Vern Law · American baseball player, born 1930

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.