Vernelle
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #7,680 · Last seen for boys in 1933 at #3,642
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 69 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,245since 1904
Vernelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Vernelle has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 | — | |
| 1924 | #914 | 69 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,285 | 37 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
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| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vernelle! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Vernelle is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#506 · 1 in 7,532
Best ever in a state: #247 in Nebraska, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,532 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Vernelle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1924 (#1,084 → #914)
- Biggest drop: 262 spots in 1925 (#914 → #1,176)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1924 at #914 (69 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1924
- Highest: 1 in 18,100 girls born in 1924 were named Vernelle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,589 girls born in 1974 (0.00%)
- 31.9% of all girls named Vernelle (397) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,696 (1905) | #1,800 |
| 1910s | 157 | #1,393 (1919) | #1,786 |
| 1920s | 397 | #914 (1924) | #1,281 |
| 1930s | 239 | #1,251 (1930) | #1,603 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,742 (1944) | #1,943 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,253 (1950) | #3,395 |
| 1960s | 79 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,987 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,680 (1974) | #8,052 |
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.
Vernelle in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 54,454 of them was named Vernelle, which outranked 65.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,682Vonna22
- #1,682Wallis22
- #1,682Wynell22
- #1,745Vernelle21
- #1,745Adelaida21
- #1,745Alease21
- #1,745Arnita21
- #1,792Amber20
- #1,792Amie20
- #1,792Ara20
Tied with 46 names at #1,745; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.