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 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#141 · 1 in 920
- North Dakota#157 · 1 in 973
- Minnesota#185 · 1 in 1,898
- Nebraska#207 · 1 in 1,884
- Washington#219 · 1 in 2,012
Best ever in a state: #55 in Wyoming, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #141 | 5 | 1 in 920 |
| North Dakota | #157 | 6 | 1 in 973 |
| Minnesota | #185 | 14 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Nebraska | #207 | 6 | 1 in 1,884 |
| Washington | #219 | 10 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Michigan | #246 | 17 | 1 in 3,448 |
| Wisconsin | #248 | 8 | 1 in 3,705 |
| Iowa | #291 | 5 | 1 in 4,461 |
| Indiana | #295 | 8 | 1 in 4,278 |
| California | #359 | 16 | 1 in 5,115 |
| Ohio | #425 | 6 | 1 in 11,318 |
| Illinois | #463 | 6 | 1 in 12,160 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Vern, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 9,329 of them was named Vern, which outranked 87.6% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).