Is Vernon a boy or girl name?
Vernon is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 112 boys were named Vernon, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.3% of the 148,252 US babies named Vernon were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,557
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Vernon since 1880
- 148,252
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 3,199 babies
Boys and girls named Vernon, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 636 | 20 | 3% |
| 1890s | 1,215 | 84 | 6.5% |
| 1900s | 2,053 | 127 | 5.8% |
| 1910s | 16,967 | 347 | 2% |
| 1920s | 29,432 | 512 | 1.7% |
| 1930s | 22,196 | 274 | 1.2% |
| 1940s | 20,038 | 187 | 0.9% |
| 1950s | 20,134 | 179 | 0.9% |
| 1960s | 14,410 | 117 | 0.8% |
| 1970s | 7,722 | 90 | 1.2% |
| 1980s | 5,376 | 39 | 0.7% |
| 1990s | 2,839 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 1,557 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,159 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 542 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 112 | #1,557 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,630 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,531 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,450 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,866 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,505 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,602 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,475 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,521 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,545 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,387 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,467 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,418 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,410 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 138 | #1,266 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,469 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,283 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 150 | #1,179 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 145 | #1,170 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,190 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,084 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 174 | #944 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 176 | #916 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 184 | #872 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 196 | #820 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 214 | #750 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 216 | #748 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 234 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 255 | #655 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 237 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 277 | #627 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 306 | #590 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 323 | #567 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 383 | #509 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 394 | #489 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 408 | #468 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 463 | #419 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 488 | #390 | 6 | #11,268 |
| 1986 | 447 | #404 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 547 | #345 | 7 | #9,279 |
| 1984 | 552 | #337 | 8 | #8,129 |
| 1983 | 559 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 573 | #333 | 12 | #5,895 |
| 1981 | 631 | #305 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 708 | #291 | 6 | #10,357 |
| 1979 | 631 | #309 | 5 | #11,922 |
| 1978 | 622 | #300 | 7 | #8,535 |
| 1977 | 696 | #278 | 6 | #9,617 |
| 1976 | 648 | #291 | 10 | #6,035 |
| 1975 | 690 | #278 | 10 | #5,973 |
| 1974 | 752 | #258 | 7 | #7,663 |
| 1973 | 790 | #248 | 10 | #5,566 |
| 1972 | 865 | #245 | 11 | #5,102 |
| 1971 | 942 | #243 | 11 | #5,123 |
| 1970 | 1,086 | #224 | 13 | #4,487 |
| 1969 | 1,069 | #220 | 11 | #4,717 |
| 1968 | 1,143 | #203 | 14 | #3,779 |
| 1967 | 1,142 | #203 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 1,283 | #191 | 14 | #3,551 |
| 1965 | 1,358 | #188 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 1,569 | #174 | 7 | #5,989 |
| 1963 | 1,574 | #190 | 14 | #3,633 |
| 1962 | 1,672 | #182 | 18 | #3,028 |
| 1961 | 1,770 | #175 | 20 | #2,833 |
| 1960 | 1,830 | #173 | 19 | #2,898 |
| 1959 | 1,791 | #172 | 16 | #3,099 |
| 1958 | 1,927 | #164 | 16 | #3,082 |
| 1957 | 1,976 | #161 | 16 | #3,028 |
| 1956 | 2,057 | #151 | 19 | #2,718 |
| 1955 | 2,035 | #146 | 16 | #2,967 |
| 1954 | 2,097 | #144 | 18 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 2,060 | #141 | 24 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 2,082 | #137 | 15 | #2,918 |
| 1951 | 2,104 | #131 | 22 | #2,177 |
| 1950 | 2,005 | #134 | 17 | #2,530 |
| 1949 | 1,951 | #141 | 17 | #2,509 |
| 1948 | 2,034 | #136 | 21 | #2,183 |
| 1947 | 2,114 | #134 | 26 | #1,943 |
| 1946 | 1,966 | #130 | 13 | #2,875 |
| 1945 | 1,936 | #118 | 11 | #2,908 |
| 1944 | 1,924 | #119 | 14 | #2,507 |
| 1943 | 2,093 | #117 | 26 | #1,701 |
| 1942 | 2,103 | #114 | 23 | #1,802 |
| 1941 | 1,976 | #108 | 20 | #1,876 |
| 1940 | 1,941 | #105 | 16 | #2,103 |
| 1939 | 1,994 | #100 | 17 | #2,035 |
| 1938 | 1,958 | #103 | 12 | #2,574 |
| 1937 | 2,076 | #96 | 19 | #1,844 |
| 1936 | 2,028 | #93 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1935 | 2,111 | #94 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1934 | 2,227 | #89 | 32 | #1,290 |
| 1933 | 2,206 | #83 | 28 | #1,398 |
| 1932 | 2,428 | #78 | 26 | #1,517 |
| 1931 | 2,465 | #74 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1930 | 2,703 | #72 | 41 | #1,178 |
| 1929 | 2,683 | #71 | 33 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 2,852 | #70 | 46 | #1,134 |
| 1927 | 2,852 | #71 | 55 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 2,953 | #66 | 51 | #1,053 |
| 1925 | 2,912 | #67 | 54 | #1,033 |
| 1924 | 3,008 | #68 | 53 | #1,083 |
| 1923 | 2,956 | #67 | 47 | #1,127 |
| 1922 | 3,003 | #68 | 64 | #930 |
| 1921 | 3,069 | #68 | 54 | #1,033 |
| 1920 | 3,144 | #65 | 55 | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 2,929 | #65 | 61 | #908 |
| 1918 | 2,971 | #66 | 49 | #1,040 |
| 1917 | 2,463 | #71 | 50 | #998 |
| 1916 | 2,288 | #75 | 41 | #1,113 |
| 1915 | 2,060 | #80 | 45 | #999 |
| 1914 | 1,455 | #83 | 22 | #1,383 |
| 1913 | 1,143 | #83 | 32 | #960 |
| 1912 | 889 | #90 | 23 | #1,115 |
| 1911 | 418 | #96 | 7 | #2,183 |
| 1910 | 351 | #94 | 17 | #1,107 |
| 1909 | 284 | #97 | 16 | #1,049 |
| 1908 | 285 | #93 | 13 | #1,199 |
| 1907 | 222 | #109 | 14 | #1,089 |
| 1906 | 223 | #97 | 8 | #1,548 |
| 1905 | 208 | #104 | 14 | #1,053 |
| 1904 | 178 | #118 | 14 | #997 |
| 1903 | 179 | #109 | 11 | #1,135 |
| 1902 | 175 | #111 | 13 | #1,019 |
| 1901 | 129 | #132 | 8 | #1,331 |
| 1900 | 170 | #133 | 16 | #966 |
| 1899 | 130 | #123 | 10 | #1,095 |
| 1898 | 143 | #130 | 7 | #1,493 |
| 1897 | 152 | #114 | 11 | #1,033 |
| 1896 | 129 | #132 | 15 | #869 |
| 1895 | 131 | #129 | 11 | #1,048 |
| 1894 | 131 | #120 | 8 | #1,231 |
| 1893 | 112 | #136 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 108 | #149 | 7 | #1,270 |
| 1891 | 96 | #142 | 9 | #1,002 |
| 1890 | 83 | #171 | 6 | #1,334 |
| 1889 | 73 | #184 | 10 | #900 |
| 1888 | 78 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 79 | #159 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 73 | #188 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 71 | #186 | 5 | #1,192 |
| 1884 | 50 | #243 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 46 | #235 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 53 | #227 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 57 | #202 | 5 | #936 |
| 1880 | 56 | #214 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Vernon reached #65 in 1919. As a girl name, it reached #869 in 1896. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Vernon
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.