Fewer than five US girls were named Vernell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #479, reached in 1935. The most girls given the name in a single year was 178, in 1924. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #732 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Vernell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #854, reached in 1949. The most boys given the name in a single year was 67, in 1954. For comparison, it was #10,564 in 2015 and #957 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vernell in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1897 with 5 babies. In all, 10,468 US babies have been given the name, 68% of them girls and 32% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 1,950 babies named Vernell.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Vernell.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Vernal (2,158 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Vernelle, Vernel and Verneal are summarised on this page.