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Vernon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 133 in 2025. Its best rank was #65 in 1920.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #65 in 1920; #1,387 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Vernon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,387 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1920, at #65.
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Vernon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 133 boys in 2025. Peak: #65 in 1920 · most boys in one year: 3,144 (1920).
In 2025, 133 US boys were named Vernon, making it the 1,387th most common boys’ name of the year, up 175 places from #1,562 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 112 boys named Vernon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #65, reached in 1920. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,144. For comparison, it was #1,545 in 2015 and #134 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vernon in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 56 babies with the name. In all, 148,389 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 29,944 babies named Vernon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,119 US boys were named Vernon; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 133. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,843 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Vernon ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #581 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Vernan and Vernen are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Vern.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Vernan (18), Vernen (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 42 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 9 | #581 | — |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #616 | — |
| Michigan | 10 | #765 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #842 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #961 | #983 |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,009 | #902 |
| New York | 11 | #1,114 | #2,082 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,453 | — |
| Texas | 9 | #1,899 | #1,529 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 133 | #1,387 |
| 2024 | — | — | 112 | #1,562 |
| 2023 | — | — | 107 | #1,631 |
| 2022 | — | — | 118 | #1,531 |
| 2021 | — | — | 125 | #1,452 |
| 2020 | — | — | 80 | #1,870 |
| 2019 | — | — | 115 | #1,490 |
| 2018 | — | — | 103 | #1,602 |
| 2017 | — | — | 115 | #1,476 |
| 2016 | — | — | 111 | #1,521 |
| 2015 | — | — | 106 | #1,545 |
| 2014 | — | — | 123 | #1,387 |
| 2013 | — | — | 113 | #1,467 |
| 2012 | — | — | 118 | #1,418 |
| 2011 | — | — | 118 | #1,410 |
| 2010 | — | — | 138 | #1,266 |
| 2009 | — | — | 115 | #1,456 |
| 2008 | — | — | 137 | #1,275 |
| 2007 | — | — | 151 | #1,175 |
| 2006 | — | — | 146 | #1,161 |
| 2005 | — | — | 136 | #1,181 |
| 2004 | — | — | 147 | #1,085 |
| 2003 | — | — | 174 | #945 |
| 2002 | — | — | 176 | #916 |
| 2001 | — | — | 184 | #872 |
| 2000 | — | — | 196 | #820 |
| 1999 | — | — | 214 | #750 |
| 1998 | — | — | 216 | #748 |
| 1997 | — | — | 234 | #691 |
| 1996 | — | — | 255 | #655 |
| 1995 | — | — | 237 | #691 |
| 1994 | — | — | 277 | #627 |
| 1993 | — | — | 306 | #590 |
| 1992 | — | — | 323 | #567 |
| 1991 | — | — | 383 | #509 |
| 1990 | — | — | 394 | #489 |
| 1989 | — | — | 408 | #468 |
| 1988 | — | — | 463 | #419 |
| 1987 | 6 | #11,269 | 488 | #390 |
| 1986 | — | — | 447 | #404 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,280 | 547 | #345 |
| 1984 | 8 | #8,130 | 552 | #337 |
| 1983 | — | — | 559 | #333 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,896 | 573 | #333 |
| 1981 | — | — | 631 | #305 |
| 1980 | 6 | #10,355 | 707 | #290 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,921 | 631 | #309 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,536 | 622 | #300 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,618 | 695 | #278 |
| 1976 | 10 | #6,035 | 649 | #291 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,973 | 690 | #278 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,664 | 752 | #258 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,567 | 790 | #248 |
| 1972 | 11 | #5,101 | 865 | #245 |
| 1971 | 11 | #5,123 | 942 | #243 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,487 | 1,086 | #224 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,717 | 1,069 | #220 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,779 | 1,143 | #203 |
| 1967 | — | — | 1,141 | #204 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,551 | 1,284 | #191 |
| 1965 | — | — | 1,358 | #188 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,990 | 1,568 | #174 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,633 | 1,572 | #190 |
| 1962 | 18 | #3,028 | 1,673 | #182 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,834 | 1,771 | #175 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,898 | 1,830 | #173 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,100 | 1,790 | #172 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,082 | 1,927 | #164 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,028 | 1,976 | #161 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,718 | 2,057 | #151 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,967 | 2,035 | #146 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,694 | 2,097 | #144 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,172 | 2,059 | #141 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,918 | 2,082 | #137 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,177 | 2,104 | #131 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,530 | 2,006 | #134 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,509 | 1,951 | #141 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,183 | 2,034 | #136 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,943 | 2,114 | #134 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,875 | 1,966 | #130 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,908 | 1,936 | #118 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,507 | 1,924 | #119 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,701 | 2,093 | #117 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,802 | 2,103 | #114 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,876 | 1,976 | #108 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,103 | 1,941 | #105 |
| 1939 | 17 | #2,035 | 1,994 | #100 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,574 | 1,958 | #103 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,844 | 2,076 | #96 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,546 | 2,028 | #93 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,380 | 2,112 | #94 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,290 | 2,227 | #89 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,398 | 2,206 | #83 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,517 | 2,428 | #78 |
| 1931 | 46 | #1,041 | 2,465 | #74 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,178 | 2,703 | #72 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,338 | 2,683 | #71 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,134 | 2,852 | #70 |
| 1927 | 55 | #1,041 | 2,852 | #71 |
| 1926 | 51 | #1,053 | 2,953 | #66 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,033 | 2,912 | #67 |
| 1924 | 53 | #1,083 | 3,008 | #68 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,127 | 2,956 | #67 |
| 1922 | 64 | #930 | 3,003 | #68 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,033 | 3,069 | #68 |
| 1920 | 55 | #1,004 | 3,144 | #65 |
| 1919 | 61 | #908 | 2,929 | #65 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,040 | 2,971 | #66 |
| 1917 | 50 | #998 | 2,463 | #71 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,113 | 2,288 | #75 |
| 1915 | 45 | #999 | 2,060 | #80 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,383 | 1,455 | #83 |
| 1913 | 32 | #960 | 1,143 | #83 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,115 | 889 | #90 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,183 | 418 | #96 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,107 | 351 | #94 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,049 | 284 | #97 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,199 | 285 | #93 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,089 | 222 | #109 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,548 | 223 | #97 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,053 | 208 | #104 |
| 1904 | 14 | #997 | 178 | #118 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,135 | 179 | #109 |
| 1902 | 13 | #1,019 | 175 | #111 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,331 | 129 | #132 |
| 1900 | 16 | #966 | 170 | #133 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,095 | 130 | #123 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,493 | 143 | #130 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,033 | 152 | #114 |
| 1896 | 15 | #869 | 129 | #132 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,048 | 131 | #129 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,231 | 131 | #120 |
| 1893 | — | — | 112 | #136 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,270 | 108 | #149 |
| 1891 | 9 | #1,002 | 96 | #142 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,334 | 83 | #171 |
| 1889 | 10 | #900 | 73 | #184 |
| 1888 | — | — | 78 | #193 |
| 1887 | — | — | 79 | #159 |
| 1886 | — | — | 73 | #188 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,192 | 71 | #186 |
| 1884 | — | — | 50 | #243 |
| 1883 | — | — | 46 | #235 |
| 1882 | — | — | 53 | #227 |
| 1881 | 5 | #936 | 57 | #202 |
| 1880 | — | — | 56 | #214 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).