Vernal
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to boys 82.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,788since 1894
Vernal over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,910 | 18 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | — | #1,643 | 21 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,276 | 27 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,239 | 31 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #995 | 46 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #1,087 | 43 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #1,062 | 39 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Vernal! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Vernal is popular in 1925
No state had 5 or more boys named Vernal in 1925, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Vernal
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1929 (#1,353 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 240 spots in 1930 (#995 → #1,235)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1898 at #885 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1898–1929
- Highest: 1 in 17,526 boys born in 1898 were named Vernal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 21.8% of all boys named Vernal (390) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1910, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #885 (1898) | #1,005 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,125 |
| 1910s | 279 | #892 (1916) | #1,085 |
| 1920s | 390 | #995 (1929) | #1,151 |
| 1930s | 336 | #1,035 (1932) | #1,149 |
| 1940s | 255 | #1,227 (1949) | #1,402 |
| 1950s | 177 | #1,643 (1951) | #1,878 |
| 1960s | 140 | #1,757 (1966) | #2,261 |
| 1970s | 81 | #2,716 (1973) | #3,808 |
| 1980s | 64 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,154 |
| 1990s | 13 | #6,816 (1993) | #6,997 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,667 (2002) | #11,070 |
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.
Vernal in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 135,265 of them was named Vernal, which outranked 41.7% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,116Wonda10
- #3,116Yvonna10
- #3,116Zela10
- #3,362Vernal9
- #3,362Adabelle9
- #3,362Adine9
- #3,362Al9
- #3,664Adalyn8
- #3,664Adrianne8
- #3,664Agusta8
Tied with 301 names at #3,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 38,480 of them was named Vernal, which outranked 72.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,332Rosco30
- #1,332Sheridan30
- #1,332Wally30
- #1,360Vernal29
- #1,360Akira29
- #1,360Ancil29
- #1,360Baxter29
- #1,390Agapito28
- #1,390Arno28
- #1,390Beauford28
Tied with 29 names at #1,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.