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

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Peak · boys
1895 · 43 births
Debut · boys
19 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,497
since 1880

Vern over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Vern has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #269, 1895boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,7147
2024#10,9386
2023#8,9218
2022#8,9908
2021#10,7996
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#9,6647
2015
2014
2013#8,7898
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007#8,9158
2006
2005#9,1157
2004
2003#9,5816
2002#7,0559
2001#9,2436
2000#6,8399
1999#9,9125
1998#9,6315
1997#6,1009
1996#5,9829
1995#6,9927
1994#4,09415
1993#4,02015
1992#4,56412
1991#4,23113
1990#3,46717
1989#2,98920
1988#3,52314
1987#3,33914
1986#1,96230
1985#2,35722
1984#2,43720
1983#1,86429
1982#2,05926
1981#2,41820
1980#2,53619
1979#2,23622
1978#1,68832
1977#1,67032
1976#1,54135
1975#1,45537
1974#1,50134
1973#1,69627
1972#1,16349
1971#1,44135
1970#7,0706#1,00565
1969#1,15246
1968#6,2466#91063
1967#88566
1966#6,5645#80083
1965#5,8176#75995
1964#753103
1963#720119
1962#6,5785#688127
1961#640149
1960#6,3905#681133
1959#4,6258#606163
1958#663135
1957#4,5368#604161
1956#5,3256#578174
1955#5,8285#574166
1954#3,9679#503207
1953#5,0406#543170
1952#582143
1951#554152
1950#3,9628#574140
1949#4,6736#555146
1948#4,2057#481191
1947#534159
1946#509160
1945#3,6767#494147
1944#473165
1943#4,6915#502153
1942#489158
1941#3,9546#482147
1940#3,8636#451165
1939#3,1458#469149
1938#3,4507#458160
1937#3,1468#454153
1936#2,68910#455153
1935#2,30513#458153
1934#2,56711#423175
1933#2,8689#434162
1932#3,9016#458155
1931#396201
1930#3,3458#381222
1929#2,92110#437183
1928#3,1649#416207
1927#2,85911#405220
1926#2,35115#399221
1925#3,11610#384241
1924#2,21217#384243
1923#2,73212#382241
1922#2,61213#367267
1921#2,37815#377260
1920#3,5988#359274
1919#3,4528#384231
1918#2,02918#382244
1917#2,55212#401200
1916#2,36813#381210
1915#2,25513#368212
1914#1,89613#381155
1913#1,88311#385121
1912#1,9819#41887
1911#1,9567#44144
1910#2,1406#47434
1909#1,9576#35544
1908#1,6767#34144
1907#2,0615#33141
1906#32340
1905#1,6966#36033
1904#40127
1903#36028
1902#36030
1901#1,4666#31432
1900#1,5617#36536
1899#32230
1898#32934
1897#36027
1896#31236
1895#26943
1894#1,3536#29834
1893#27540
1892#28441
1891#1,0937#28333
1890#1,3385#30232
1889#32229
1888#34928
1887#31128
1886#36922
1885#31229
1884#39920
1883#34623
1882#32428
1881#39518
1880#39219
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Vern is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedNHWashington: #143 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 870 boysWAIdaho: #113 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 437 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #167 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,019 boysNDMinnesota: #142 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,007 boysMNIllinois: #335 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,262 boysILWisconsin: #243 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,065 boysWIMichigan: #172 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,515 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedRIOregon: #128 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 691 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #167 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 957 boysSDIowa: #231 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,159 boysIAIndiana: #256 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,194 boysINOhio: #329 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,761 boysOHPennsylvania: #477 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,537 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #465 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,341 boysCAUtah: #120 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 494 boysUTColorado: #192 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,205 boysCONebraska: #211 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,627 boysNEMissouri: #346 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,696 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedNMKansas: #163 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,067 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #285 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,585 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Vern, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#113 · 1 in 437
  2. Utah#120 · 1 in 494
  3. Oregon#128 · 1 in 691
  4. Minnesota#142 · 1 in 1,007
  5. Washington#143 · 1 in 870

Best ever in a state: #55 in Wyoming, 1924.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#11381 in 437
Utah#120101 in 494
Oregon#12881 in 691
Minnesota#142201 in 1,007
Washington#143111 in 870
Kansas#163141 in 1,067
North Dakota#16761 in 1,019
South Dakota#16761 in 957
Michigan#172281 in 1,515
Colorado#19271 in 1,205
Nebraska#21171 in 1,627
Iowa#23191 in 2,159
Wisconsin#24381 in 3,065
Indiana#25681 in 3,194
Oklahoma#28591 in 2,585
Ohio#32991 in 5,761
Illinois#335111 in 5,262
Missouri#34661 in 4,696
California#46561 in 6,341
Pennsylvania#47761 in 13,537
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Vern
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1895 at #269 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,730
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Vern (2,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s244#311 (1887)#352
1890s350#269 (1895)#303
1900s355#314 (1901)#351
1910s1,538#368 (1915)#402
1920s2,357#359 (1920)#391
1930s1,683#381 (1930)#439
1940s1,591#451 (1940)#497
1950s1,611#503 (1954)#578
1960s984#640 (1961)#799
1970s368#1,005 (1970)#1,540
1980s214#1,864 (1983)#2,548
1990s107#3,467 (1990)#5,899
2000s45#6,839 (2000)#8,458
2010s15#8,789 (2013)#9,227
2020s35#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 1930

girls
#3,345
8 births · 1 in 140,741 girls
boys
#381
222 births · 1 in 4,943 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #3,345Vern8

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #381Vern222
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 140,741 of them was named Vern, which outranked 36.2% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vern
  1. #3,055Wilmoth9
  2. #3,055Winfred9
  3. #3,055Yvonna9
  4. #3,345Vern8
  5. #3,345Adena8
  6. #3,345Adlean8
  7. #3,345Adlene8
  8. #3,658Adair7
  9. #3,658Adalee7
  10. #3,658Adolph7

Tied with 312 names at #3,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 4,943 of them was named Vern, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vern
  1. #378Elijah226
  2. #379Russel225
  3. #380Ward223
  4. #381Vern222
  5. #382Jake221
  6. #382Miguel221
  7. #384Carol220
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930