Vernon

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825 · #1,382 for boys in 2025, 133 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1920 · 3,144 births
Debut · boys
56 births
In top 100 · boys
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
146,413
since 1880

Vernon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #65, 1920boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,382133
2024#1,556112
2023#1,623107
2022#1,523118
2021#1,442125
2020#1,84980
2019#1,485115
2018#1,593103
2017#1,467115
2016#1,520111
2015#1,538106
2014#1,385123
2013#1,459113
2012#1,407118
2011#1,404118
2010#1,263138
2009#1,453115
2008#1,271137
2007#1,171151
2006#1,154146
2005#1,170136
2004#1,080147
2003#942174
2002#913176
2001#871184
2000#818196
1999#748214
1998#747216
1997#687234
1996#655255
1995#689237
1994#627277
1993#588306
1992#567323
1991#506383
1990#488394
1989#467408
1988#419463
1987#9,8256#390488
1986#404447
1985#8,3187#345547
1984#7,3988#336552
1983#331559
1982#5,53412#333573
1981#305631
1980#9,0956#290707
1979#10,2105#309631
1978#7,6497#300622
1977#8,4446#278695
1976#5,60110#290649
1975#5,51610#277690
1974#6,9007#258752
1973#5,19110#247790
1972#4,79311#245865
1971#4,81011#243942
1970#4,24613#2241,086
1969#4,41811#2201,069
1968#3,61014#2031,143
1967#2031,141
1966#3,40014#1911,284
1965#1881,358
1964#5,4747#1741,568
1963#3,45814#1901,572
1962#2,92218#1821,673
1961#2,75220#1751,771
1960#2,82019#1731,830
1959#2,98016#1721,790
1958#2,97216#1641,927
1957#2,92616#1611,976
1956#2,62219#1512,057
1955#2,83916#1462,035
1954#2,59218#1442,097
1953#2,12224#1412,059
1952#2,80615#1372,082
1951#2,11622#1312,104
1950#2,43617#1342,006
1949#2,41017#1411,951
1948#2,12621#1362,034
1947#1,89726#1342,114
1946#2,73913#1301,966
1945#2,74211#1181,936
1944#2,40114#1191,924
1943#1,66426#1172,093
1942#1,76023#1142,103
1941#1,81020#1081,976
1940#2,02916#1051,941
1939#1,94717#1001,994
1938#2,44712#1031,958
1937#1,78419#962,076
1936#1,50724#932,028
1935#1,35629#942,112
1934#1,26332#892,227
1933#1,36428#832,206
1932#1,48826#782,428
1931#1,02846#742,465
1930#1,16141#722,703
1929#1,30633#712,683
1928#1,11546#702,852
1927#1,03555#712,852
1926#1,04551#662,953
1925#1,02054#672,912
1924#1,06953#683,008
1923#1,11147#672,956
1922#91764#683,003
1921#1,01754#683,069
1920#98955#653,144
1919#90261#652,929
1918#1,03149#662,971
1917#98650#712,463
1916#1,10041#752,288
1915#99045#802,060
1914#1,34422#831,455
1913#94632#831,143
1912#1,08023#90889
1911#1,9567#96418
1910#1,06917#94351
1909#1,01516#97284
1908#1,13513#93285
1907#1,03714#109222
1906#1,4168#97223
1905#1,01114#104208
1904#96514#117178
1903#1,07611#109179
1902#97213#109175
1901#1,2278#131129
1900#94116#133170
1899#1,03410#123130
1898#1,3797#126143
1897#98211#114152
1896#84315#131129
1895#98611#129131
1894#1,1368#119131
1893#136112
1892#1,1717#148108
1891#9439#14196
1890#1,2106#16983
1889#83910#18373
1888#19078
1887#15779
1886#18273
1885#1,0475#18371
1884#24050
1883#23246
1882#22553
1881#8305#19757
1880#21356
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vernon was already there! It came in at #213, and was given to 56 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 58 boys a year got the name.

See more about Vernon
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 174 spots since 2024 (#1,556#1,382)
  • 467 spots since 2020 (#1,849#1,382)
  • 156 spots since 2015 (#1,538#1,382)
  • Biggest jump: 57 spots in 1885 (#240#183)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 2004 (#942#1,080)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #65 (3,144 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1908–1937
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 335
  • Highest: 1 in 335 boys born in 1919 were named Vernon (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,843 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #65 in 1920, was only 1 in 339 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Vernon (29,432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s636#157 (1887)#200
1890s1,215#114 (1897)#134
1900s2,053#93 (1908)#110
1910s16,967#65 (1919)#80
1920s29,432#65 (1920)#68
1930s22,197#72 (1930)#88
1940s20,038#105 (1940)#122
1950s20,133#131 (1951)#148
1960s14,409#173 (1960)#190
1970s7,722#224 (1970)#267
1980s5,375#290 (1980)#362
1990s2,839#488 (1990)#630
2000s1,562#818 (2000)#1,084
2010s1,160#1,263 (2010)#1,452
2020s675#1,382 (2025)#1,563

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.

Vernon in 1911

girls
#1,956
7 births · 1 in 59,758 girls
boys
#96
418 births · 1 in 541 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #1,956Vernon7

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #96Vernon418
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 59,758 of them was named Vernon, which outranked 31.8% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernon
  1. #1,792Wilhelmenia8
  2. #1,792Wilhemina8
  3. #1,792Yetive8
  4. #1,956Vernon7
  5. #1,956Adabelle7
  6. #1,956Adelyne7
  7. #1,956Adrian7
  8. #2,191Adelaida6
  9. #2,191Adria6
  10. #2,191Agueda6

Tied with 234 names at #1,956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

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

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 541 of them was named Vernon, which outranked 95.2% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vernon
  1. #93Irving431
  2. #94Alexander426
  3. #95Homer419
  4. #96Vernon418
  5. #97Gordon404
  6. #98Allen402
  7. #99Maurice397
Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 900Vincenzo#1,589#689
  2. 900Wyman#1,589#689
  3. 882Rodger#1,589#707
  4. 796Cedric#1,589#793
  5. 796Hughie#1,589#793
Fallers
  1. 881Bertha#859#1,740
  2. 881Arlo#859#1,740
  3. 831Shelton#556#1,387
  4. 812Guss#928#1,740
  5. 812Halley#928#1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911