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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #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
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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
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1906#1,5537—
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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 1913

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedWVVirginia: #311 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,104 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #299 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,494 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vernell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#299 · 1 in 2,494
  2. Virginia#311 · 1 in 3,104

Best ever in a state: #160 in South Carolina, 1940.

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StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#29951 in 2,494
Virginia#31151 in 3,104
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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 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 1913

girls
#1,020
28 births · 1 in 22,305 girls
boys
#1,945
9 births · 1 in 56,952 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #1,020Vernell28

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #1,945Vernell9
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 22,305 of them was named Vernell, which outranked 72.5% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernell
  1. #1,003Odelia29
  2. #1,003Theola29
  3. #1,003Tressa29
  4. #1,020Vernell28
  5. #1,020Buelah28
  6. #1,020Catalina28
  7. #1,020Cleda28
  8. #1,040Antonetta27
  9. #1,040Arizona27
  10. #1,040Beula27

Tied with 19 names at #1,020; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

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

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 56,952 of them was named Vernell, which outranked 40.4% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernell
  1. #1,803Whit10
  2. #1,803Wyman10
  3. #1,803Zoltan10
  4. #1,945Vernell9
  5. #1,945Achille9
  6. #1,945Afton9
  7. #1,945Agustus9
  8. #2,092Ace8
  9. #2,092Adron8
  10. #2,092Akira8

Tied with 146 names at #1,945; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,050Mathias#1,885 → #835
  2. ↑ 935Hymen#1,885 → #950
  3. ↑ 796Waldemar#1,746 → #950
  4. ↑ 751Rolf#1,746 → #995
  5. ↑ 689Domenico#1,619 → #930
Fallers
  1. ↓ 975Holland#970 → #1,945
  2. ↓ 885Cameron#918 → #1,803
  3. ↓ 868Larue#935 → #1,803
  4. ↓ 726Irene#854 → #1,580
  5. ↓ 688Hughie#892 → #1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913 →