Vernell
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to girls 68.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 173 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,124since 1897
Vernell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,227 | 32 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,308 | 30 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #1,833 | 30 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #1,688 | 32 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #1,455 | 37 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #1,165 | 49 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | #1,159 | 51 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | #1,302 | 37 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | #1,047 | 50 |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1965 | #1,421 | 60 | #1,064 | 48 |
| 1964 | #1,281 | 75 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,177 | 87 | #996 | 59 |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1960 | #1,212 | 81 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1959 | #1,135 | 88 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #1,028 | 103 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1957 | #970 | 114 | #1,022 | 55 |
| 1956 | #897 | 124 | #1,071 | 50 |
| 1955 | #916 | 115 | #988 | 58 |
| 1954 | #852 | 123 | #902 | 67 |
| 1953 | #768 | 142 | #939 | 58 |
| 1952 | #819 | 124 | #896 | 62 |
| 1951 | #779 | 129 | #949 | 54 |
| 1950 | #728 | 138 | #948 | 53 |
| 1949 | #772 | 125 | #849 | 65 |
| 1948 | #675 | 152 | #1,023 | 47 |
| 1947 | #711 | 142 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #712 | 128 | #897 | 54 |
| 1945 | #658 | 125 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #668 | 123 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #601 | 157 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #663 | 127 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #661 | 115 | #925 | 47 |
| 1940 | #579 | 146 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #593 | 127 | #1,103 | 34 |
| 1938 | #512 | 170 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1937 | #551 | 148 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #538 | 146 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1935 | #479 | 173 | #980 | 42 |
| 1934 | #491 | 170 | #982 | 42 |
| 1933 | #514 | 152 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1932 | #496 | 177 | #1,141 | 35 |
| 1931 | #501 | 166 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #539 | 159 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | #565 | 147 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #573 | 152 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1927 | #598 | 141 | #1,227 | 35 |
| 1926 | #539 | 167 | #1,404 | 27 |
| 1925 | #550 | 170 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #543 | 178 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #612 | 143 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1922 | #689 | 113 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #675 | 120 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #680 | 114 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #704 | 99 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | #711 | 103 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #849 | 65 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #839 | 60 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #988 | 36 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Vernell! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1912 (#982 → #1,143)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1935 at #479 (173 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1914–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,029
- Highest: 1 in 6,029 girls born in 1932 were named Vernell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #479 in 1935, was only 1 in 6,061 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 22.3% of all girls named Vernell (1,588) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1970
- Mostly girls until 1969, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 60 | #1,219 (1909) | #1,414 |
| 1910s | 510 | #704 (1919) | #948 |
| 1920s | 1,445 | #539 (1926) | #602 |
| 1930s | 1,588 | #479 (1935) | #521 |
| 1940s | 1,340 | #579 (1940) | #670 |
| 1950s | 1,200 | #728 (1950) | #889 |
| 1960s | 617 | #1,177 (1962) | #1,496 |
| 1970s | 228 | #1,904 (1970) | #3,352 |
| 1980s | 101 | #3,949 (1983) | #7,303 |
| 1990s | 30 | #10,588 (1993) | #12,197 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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