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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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
1903
1902#1,3208
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,5555
1896
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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.

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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
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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 1920

girls
#680
114 births · 1 in 10,511 girls
boys
#1,457
26 births · 1 in 40,937 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #680Vernell114

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,457Vernell26
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 10,511 of them was named Vernell, which outranked 88.2% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernell
  1. #676Esperanza115
  2. #676Georgette115
  3. #676Rosina115
  4. #680Vernell114
  5. #680Dona114
  6. #680Margarett114
  7. #680Octavia114
  8. #685Lavon113
  9. #685Maryjane113
  10. #687Elenora112

Tied with 4 names at #680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 40,937 of them was named Vernell, which outranked 70.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernell
  1. #1,416Salvadore27
  2. #1,416Sonny27
  3. #1,416Thurmon27
  4. #1,457Vernell26
  5. #1,457Alf26
  6. #1,457Alferd26
  7. #1,457Archer26
  8. #1,505Adan25
  9. #1,505Albino25
  10. #1,505Antoine25

Tied with 47 names at #1,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920