Boys' name · peaked in 1919
Vernon name popularity since 1925
111,487 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Vernon (1.0% girls, 99.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Vernon is about 77 years old in 2026. Vernon peaked in 1919 as the #65 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 111,487
- Named Vernon, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1919
- #65 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,387 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% boys
- 1,125 girls · 110,362 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 3.83× its national share
Peak year is the year Vernon made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Vernon births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Vernon peaked earlier, in 1919.
- Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, Vernon's share of baby boys fell by 38%, from 1 in 3,830 to 1 in 6,180.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Vernon's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Vernon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Vernon in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 239 | 14,252 | – |
| 1930s | 274 | 22,197 | #94 |
| 1940s | 187 | 20,038 | #118 |
| 1950s | 179 | 20,133 | #146 |
| 1960s | 117 | 14,409 | #188 |
| 1970s | 90 | 7,722 | #278 |
| 1980s | 39 | 5,375 | #345 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,839 | #691 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,562 | #1,181 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,160 | #1,545 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 675 | #1,387 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.0% of babies named Vernon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Vernon is most popular
The index compares Vernon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Vernon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 3.83× | 1,312 |
| South Dakota | 2.63× | 909 |
| Oklahoma | 2.23× | 3,149 |
| Arkansas | 2.05× | 2,288 |
| Kansas | 2.04× | 2,258 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Vernon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Vernon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Vernon (1919).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data