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

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Peak · girls
1935 · 173 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,124
since 1897

Vernell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #479, 1935peak #849, 1949girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021—#10,7996
2020——
2019—#8,2159
2018——
2017—#10,7756
2016—#7,60510
2015—#9,5687
2014—#10,7176
2013——
2012—#9,7097
2011—#5,67515
2010—#10,7666
2009—#7,23611
2008—#8,3249
2007—#7,59010
2006—#5,30316
2005—#4,82417
2004—#5,24615
2003—#4,11420
2002—#9,3926
2001—#5,66712
2000—#4,06619
1999#14,4115#4,16217
1998#12,4266#4,01917
1997—#3,60119
1996—#4,39614
1995#11,7836#3,10022
1994#11,7786#2,61828
1993#10,5887#2,25734
1992—#2,90923
1991—#2,22732
1990—#2,30830
1989#12,3625#2,06834
1988#7,11110#2,09030
1987#8,7787#2,27225
1986#8,5237#2,09627
1985#6,9559#1,91630
1984#6,29110#1,72333
1983#3,94919#2,01726
1982#5,20913#2,34121
1981#9,1106#1,76632
1980#4,74315#1,91029
1979#3,77720#1,83330
1978#4,45915#1,68832
1977#4,06917#1,64533
1976#3,40720#1,78128
1975#3,77417#1,45537
1974#4,04115#1,58231
1973#2,62927#1,43535
1972#2,39830#1,39137
1971#3,06222#1,16549
1970#1,90445#1,15951
1969#1,95541#1,30237
1968#1,83442#1,04750
1967#1,53753#1,11744
1966#1,91636#1,72320
1965#1,42160#1,06448
1964#1,28175#1,19941
1963#1,34068#1,27937
1962#1,17787#99659
1961#1,28874#1,20643
1960#1,21281#1,03455
1959#1,13588#1,10149
1958#1,028103#1,22240
1957#970114#1,02255
1956#897124#1,07150
1955#916115#98858
1954#852123#90267
1953#768142#93958
1952#819124#89662
1951#779129#94954
1950#728138#94853
1949#772125#84965
1948#675152#1,02347
1947#711142#93856
1946#712128#89754
1945#658125#1,01639
1944#668123#1,01841
1943#601157#98646
1942#663127#1,19334
1941#661115#92547
1940#579146#96744
1939#593127#1,10334
1938#512170#1,09535
1937#551148#1,00040
1936#538146#1,16932
1935#479173#98042
1934#491170#98242
1933#514152#1,10335
1932#496177#1,14135
1931#501166#1,19433
1930#539159#1,21534
1929#565147#1,44325
1928#573152#1,16537
1927#598141#1,22735
1926#539167#1,40427
1925#550170#1,74520
1924#543178#1,53225
1923#612143#1,19436
1922#689113#1,12040
1921#675120#1,58823
1920#680114#1,45726
1919#70499#1,44925
1918#711103#1,53923
1917#84965#1,43724
1916#82467#2,54310
1915#83960#1,96814
1914#98836#1,54516
1913#1,02028#1,9459
1912#1,14321#1,61910
1911#98220#1,5376
1910#1,42111#1,5895
1909#1,21912—
1908#1,4399—
1907#1,28910—
1906#1,5537—
1905#1,4208—
1904#1,6596—
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1902#1,3208—
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1897#1,5555—
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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.

Where Vernell is popular in 1974

No state had 5 or more girls named Vernell in 1974, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Vernell
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s60#1,219 (1909)#1,414
1910s510#704 (1919)#948
1920s1,445#539 (1926)#602
1930s1,588#479 (1935)#521
1940s1,340#579 (1940)#670
1950s1,200#728 (1950)#889
1960s617#1,177 (1962)#1,496
1970s228#1,904 (1970)#3,352
1980s101#3,949 (1983)#7,303
1990s30#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.

Vernell in 1974

girls
#4,041
15 births · 1 in 97,836 girls
boys
#1,582
31 births · 1 in 50,720 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #4,041Vernell15

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #1,582Vernell31
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 97,836 of them was named Vernell, which outranked 60.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernell
  1. #3,863Zipporah16
  2. #3,863Zondra16
  3. #3,863Zuleika16
  4. #4,041Vernell15
  5. #4,041Adrea15
  6. #4,041Akia15
  7. #4,041Allyn15
  8. #4,227Acacia14
  9. #4,227Akisha14
  10. #4,227Aleah14

Tied with 185 names at #4,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 50,720 of them was named Vernell, which outranked 73.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernell
  1. #1,546Toni32
  2. #1,546Wilburn32
  3. #1,546Wilmer32
  4. #1,582Vernell31
  5. #1,582Ajay31
  6. #1,582Anand31
  7. #1,582Antron31
  8. #1,618Adrien30
  9. #1,618Ammon30
  10. #1,618Angus30

Tied with 35 names at #1,582; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974 →