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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Vern has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | |
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.
See more about Vern
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #269 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
- 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%)
- 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 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 62,013 of them was named Vern, which outranked 42.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,844Wilhelmine10
- #1,844Willene10
- #1,844Zana10
- #1,981Vern9
- #1,981Adelene9
- #1,981Ailene9
- #1,981Alcie9
- #2,144Abby8
- #2,144Adalene8
- #2,144Adelyn8
Tied with 162 names at #1,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 4,942 of them was named Vern, which outranked 85.6% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).