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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Vern has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
First appearance
1880
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 1951
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Hawaii#210 · 1 in 1,236
- Washington#225 · 1 in 2,338
- Nebraska#238 · 1 in 2,569
- Minnesota#255 · 1 in 4,200
- Oregon#264 · 1 in 3,438
Best ever in a state: #55 in Wyoming, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Washington | #225 | 12 | 1 in 2,338 |
| Nebraska | #238 | 6 | 1 in 2,569 |
| Minnesota | #255 | 9 | 1 in 4,200 |
| Oregon | #264 | 5 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Iowa | #267 | 8 | 1 in 3,946 |
| Michigan | #277 | 18 | 1 in 4,681 |
| Indiana | #412 | 5 | 1 in 9,725 |
| California | #424 | 17 | 1 in 7,620 |
| Illinois | #461 | 8 | 1 in 12,173 |
| New York | #716 | 5 | 1 in 31,643 |
| Texas | #958 | 5 | 1 in 21,853 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #269 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,730
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 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 1951
boys
#554
152 births · 1 in 12,387 boys
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 12,387 of them was named Vern, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Vern
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.