Vernal
Vernal was last recorded in 2005, when 5 babies were given it; 2,158 Americans have been recorded with it between 1892 and 2005 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vernal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Vernal?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,249, in 2005; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
63 babies in 1920, the peak
Vernal peaked in 1920, when 63 babies were given it (46 boys, #1,034 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | under 5 | 5 | #13,249 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #12,397 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 7 | #7,591 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 6 | #8,063 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 7 | #6,383 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 6 | #6,907 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #6,687 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 7 | #5,747 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #5,528 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 7 | #5,455 |
Every recorded year (93)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | under 5 | 8 | #4,980 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 8 | #4,938 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 8 | #4,917 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 5 | #7,036 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 7 | #5,032 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 7 | #4,913 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 11 | #3,421 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 9 | #3,824 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 13 | #2,850 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 11 | #3,139 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 8 | #3,949 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 10 | #3,268 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 14 | #2,410 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 10 | #2,894 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 9 | #2,975 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 19 | #1,809 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 10 | #2,774 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 16 | #2,109 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 13 | #2,409 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,541 | 16 | #2,113 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 15 | #2,236 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 18 | #1,969 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 18 | #1,969 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 16 | #2,086 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 20 | #1,832 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 19 | #1,882 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 13 | #2,298 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,583 | 20 | #1,756 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,578 | 17 | #1,953 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,537 | 15 | #2,070 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 21 | #1,677 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 18 | #1,810 | |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,644 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,212 | 18 | #1,811 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 26 | #1,479 | |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,656 | 23 | #1,504 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,200 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 25 | #1,366 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,335 | 24 | #1,459 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 30 | #1,296 | |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,388 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,411 | 30 | #1,250 |
| 1939 | under 5 | 32 | #1,165 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 36 | #1,094 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 29 | #1,264 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 34 | #1,141 | |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,851 | 36 | #1,096 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,910 | 33 | #1,172 |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,100 | 31 | #1,199 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,259 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,208 | 31 | #1,251 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,832 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,240 | 46 | #1,006 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,694 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,850 | 36 | #1,224 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,343 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,646 | 29 | #1,388 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,641 | 37 | #1,203 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,724 | 43 | #1,099 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,946 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,757 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,255 | 46 | #1,034 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,379 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,227 | 28 | #1,371 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,542 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,116 | 49 | #914 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,043 | 28 | #1,262 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,623 | 25 | #1,186 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 24 | #1,046 | |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,957 | 23 | #968 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 9 | #1,286 | |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,513 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 7 | #1,267 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 7 | #1,209 | |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,806 | 7 | #1,192 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,528 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,167 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,213 | 5 | #1,302 |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #992 | |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,781 | 5 | #1,218 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,408 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,223 | |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,652 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Vernal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,158 Americans recorded as Vernal, 17% are girls and 83% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vernal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vernal, and how old are they?
An estimated 589 Americans named Vernal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 56 and 79. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 838 people named Vernal (100 women and girls, 738 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 751 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,492 babies since 1880, Vernal is the most given (87% of them).
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 Vernal
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 Vernal and names like it
- Compare Vernal and VernelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVernal peaked in 1920.
- Utah’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vernal since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Vernal.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vernal alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.