Vern
Vern was given to 7 boys in 2025, #10,603 among boys’ names; 11,982 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,580 Americans named Vern and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 60 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vern by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vern mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vern is “a diminutive of the male given name Vernon.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vern?
#10,603 among boys’ names, 2025
Vern entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #10,603 in 2025.
282 babies in 1920, the peak
Vern peaked in 1920, when 282 babies were given it (274 boys, #360 among boys’ names). The 7 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #10,603 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #12,248 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,685 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,758 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #12,045 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,661 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,607 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #9,732 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #10,089 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #10,818 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | #7,599 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #10,480 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #7,369 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #11,527 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #11,237 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,579 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,467 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,753 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,274 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,205 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,843 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,460 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,589 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,080 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,693 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,507 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 30 | #2,003 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,420 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,522 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,901 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,104 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,489 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,611 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,706 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,475 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,519 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,734 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,176 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,015 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,167 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 63 | #918 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 66 | #891 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 83 | #804 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 95 | #762 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 103 | #757 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 119 | #721 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 127 | #688 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 149 | #643 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 133 | #681 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 163 | #605 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 135 | #662 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 161 | #604 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 174 | #577 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 166 | #573 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 207 | #502 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 170 | #542 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 143 | #584 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 152 | #553 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 140 | #573 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 146 | #558 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 191 | #483 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 159 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 160 | #509 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 147 | #495 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 165 | #473 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 153 | #504 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 158 | #490 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 147 | #484 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 165 | #452 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 149 | #470 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 160 | #458 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 153 | #455 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 153 | #457 | 0.15 |
| 1935 | 153 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 175 | #426 | 0.17 |
| 1933 | 162 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1932 | 155 | #460 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 201 | #398 | 0.19 |
| 1930 | 222 | #381 | 0.20 |
| 1929 | 183 | #437 | 0.17 |
| 1928 | 207 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1927 | 220 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1926 | 221 | #402 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 241 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 243 | #385 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 241 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 267 | #368 | 0.25 |
| 1921 | 260 | #377 | 0.24 |
| 1920 | 274 | #360 | 0.26 |
| 1919 | 231 | #385 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 244 | #383 | 0.24 |
| 1917 | 200 | #401 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 210 | #383 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 212 | #368 | 0.25 |
| 1914 | 155 | #382 | 0.24 |
| 1913 | 121 | #386 | 0.24 |
| 1912 | 87 | #420 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 44 | #444 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 34 | #479 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 44 | #356 | 0.27 |
| 1908 | 44 | #345 | 0.29 |
| 1907 | 41 | #340 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 40 | #328 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 33 | #364 | 0.25 |
| 1904 | 27 | #408 | 0.21 |
| 1903 | 28 | #369 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 30 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1901 | 32 | #317 | 0.30 |
| 1900 | 36 | #374 | 0.24 |
| 1899 | 30 | #330 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 34 | #334 | 0.28 |
| 1897 | 27 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1896 | 36 | #314 | 0.30 |
| 1895 | 43 | #273 | 0.37 |
| 1894 | 34 | #305 | 0.29 |
| 1893 | 40 | #278 | 0.36 |
| 1892 | 41 | #288 | 0.34 |
| 1891 | 33 | #290 | 0.33 |
| 1890 | 32 | #311 | 0.29 |
| 1889 | 29 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1888 | 28 | #352 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 28 | #320 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 22 | #382 | 0.20 |
| 1885 | 29 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1884 | 20 | #415 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 23 | #358 | 0.22 |
| 1882 | 28 | #330 | 0.25 |
| 1881 | 18 | #414 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 19 | #400 | 0.17 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vern a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,982 Americans recorded as Vern, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vern: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vern, and how old are they?
3,580 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 11,982 Americans ever recorded as Vern. The median Vern alive today is 69 years old; half are between 60 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 5,707 people named Vern (219 women and girls, 5,488 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,385 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Vern rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 579 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,950 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 663 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 268 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 63 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 50 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vern born?
The states with the most babies named Vern are Michigan, California and Iowa, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Iowa is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 1,042 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| California | 654 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Iowa | 593 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Minnesota | 503 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 478 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Washington | 441 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Utah | 425 | not ranked | 6.1× |
| Nebraska | 390 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Ohio | 360 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 282 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Vern is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vern is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 6.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vern with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 160,854 babies since 1880, Vern is the second most given (7.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7 of their 140 babies (5.0%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vern
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vern and names like it
- Compare Vern and VernonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVern peaked in 1920.
- Michigan’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vern since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Vern.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vern alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.