Vern
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,070 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 96.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 43 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,497since 1880
Vern over time
Rank among boys' names. Vern has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,688 | 32 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,455 | 37 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,501 | 34 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,005 | 65 |
| 1969 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #910 | 63 |
| 1967 | — | #885 | 66 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #800 | 83 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #759 | 95 |
| 1964 | — | #753 | 103 | |
| 1963 | — | #720 | 119 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #688 | 127 |
| 1961 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #681 | 133 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #606 | 163 |
| 1958 | — | #663 | 135 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #604 | 161 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #578 | 174 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #574 | 166 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #503 | 207 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #543 | 170 |
| 1952 | — | #582 | 143 | |
| 1951 | — | #554 | 152 | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #574 | 140 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #555 | 146 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #481 | 191 |
| 1947 | — | #534 | 159 | |
| 1946 | — | #509 | 160 | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #494 | 147 |
| 1944 | — | #473 | 165 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #502 | 153 |
| 1942 | — | #489 | 158 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #482 | 147 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #451 | 165 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #469 | 149 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #458 | 160 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #454 | 153 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #455 | 153 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #458 | 153 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #423 | 175 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #434 | 162 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #458 | 155 |
| 1931 | — | #396 | 201 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #381 | 222 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #437 | 183 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #416 | 207 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #405 | 220 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #399 | 221 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #384 | 241 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #384 | 243 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #382 | 241 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #367 | 267 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #377 | 260 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #359 | 274 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #384 | 231 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #382 | 244 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #401 | 200 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #381 | 210 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #368 | 212 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #381 | 155 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #385 | 121 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #418 | 87 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #441 | 44 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #474 | 34 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #355 | 44 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #341 | 44 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #331 | 41 |
| 1906 | — | #323 | 40 | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #360 | 33 |
| 1904 | — | #401 | 27 | |
| 1903 | — | #360 | 28 | |
| 1902 | — | #360 | 30 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #314 | 32 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #365 | 36 |
| 1899 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1898 | — | #329 | 34 | |
| 1897 | — | #360 | 27 | |
| 1896 | — | #312 | 36 | |
| 1895 | — | #269 | 43 | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #298 | 34 |
| 1893 | — | #275 | 40 | |
| 1892 | — | #284 | 41 | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #283 | 33 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #302 | 32 |
| 1889 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1888 | — | #349 | 28 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #312 | 29 | |
| 1884 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1883 | — | #346 | 23 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vern was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Vern is popular in 1905
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Vern
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 87 spots in 1885 (#399 → #312)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1969 (#910 → #1,152)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #269 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 2,730 boys born in 1895 were named Vern (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all boys named Vern (2,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 244 | #311 (1887) | #352 |
| 1890s | 350 | #269 (1895) | #303 |
| 1900s | 355 | #314 (1901) | #351 |
| 1910s | 1,538 | #368 (1915) | #402 |
| 1920s | 2,357 | #359 (1920) | #391 |
| 1930s | 1,683 | #381 (1930) | #439 |
| 1940s | 1,591 | #451 (1940) | #497 |
| 1950s | 1,611 | #503 (1954) | #578 |
| 1960s | 984 | #640 (1961) | #799 |
| 1970s | 368 | #1,005 (1970) | #1,540 |
| 1980s | 214 | #1,864 (1983) | #2,548 |
| 1990s | 107 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,899 |
| 2000s | 45 | #6,839 (2000) | #8,458 |
| 2010s | 15 | #8,789 (2013) | #9,227 |
| 2020s | 35 | #8,921 (2023) | #9,872 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vern in 1905
Top girls' names in 1905
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
girls
291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 48,603 of them was named Vern, which outranked 24.1% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,538Ysabel7
- #1,538Zeffie7
- #1,538Zilla7
- #1,696Vern6
- #1,696Ader6
- #1,696Adlena6
- #1,696Albirda6
- #1,931Adalene5
- #1,931Adlene5
- #1,931Ailene5
Tied with 234 names at #1,696; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 4,009 of them was named Vern, which outranked 74.7% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).