Vernard
Vernard was last recorded in 2009, when 5 babies were given it; 2,066 Americans have been recorded with it between 1900 and 2009 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vernard by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Vernard?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #14,379, in 2009; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
49 babies in 1922, the peak
Vernard peaked in 1922, when 49 boys were given it, #1,020 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #14,379 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | 5 | #13,910 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 6 | #11,388 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 6 | #11,272 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,597 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,489 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | 5 | #11,528 | 2.6 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,423 | 3.7 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,580 | 4.8 |
| 1996 | 12 | #5,167 | 6.3 |
Every recorded year (98)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7 | #7,754 | 3.7 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,676 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,651 | 4.0 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,208 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,386 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,433 | 8.5 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,501 | 12.5 |
| 1987 | 11 | #4,219 | 5.9 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,866 | 6.5 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,351 | 12.4 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,909 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,669 | 10.0 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,266 | 12.7 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,490 | 11.2 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,533 | 11.2 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,344 | 7.6 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,372 | 12.2 |
| 1977 | 9 | #4,149 | 5.5 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,242 | 13.4 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,202 | 13.4 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,790 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,211 | 12.2 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,816 | 15.4 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,676 | 7.9 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,655 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,807 | 12.3 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,830 | 11.5 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,445 | 16.6 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,447 | 16.3 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,333 | 18.3 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,484 | 14.6 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,508 | 13.8 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,893 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,600 | 12.2 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,520 | 13.6 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,382 | 15.5 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,168 | 20.7 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,787 | 9.7 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,314 | 16.5 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,454 | 14.1 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,329 | 16.2 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,327 | 16.7 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,402 | 15.4 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,403 | 15.4 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,741 | 10.6 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,318 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,276 | 18.8 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,445 | 14.8 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,505 | 14.2 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,767 | 11.9 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,732 | 12.5 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,484 | 16.1 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,463 | 17.4 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,991 | 11.4 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,174 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,872 | 13.6 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,518 | 18.9 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,909 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,795 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,487 | 21.1 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,850 | 15.5 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,450 | 23.2 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,463 | 23.0 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,486 | 22.1 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,112 | 36.5 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,376 | 26.0 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,110 | 37.0 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,371 | 26.6 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,561 | 21.6 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,071 | 38.5 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,131 | 36.2 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,273 | 30.1 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,020 | 45.0 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,224 | 32.7 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,320 | 29.1 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,158 | 37.8 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,989 | 16.8 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,392 | 28.1 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,297 | 31.5 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,303 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,484 | 27.5 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,248 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,172 | 39.5 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,982 | 22.1 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,268 | 42.7 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,336 | 40.9 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,303 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,491 | 33.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vernard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vernard has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 98 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vernard: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vernard, and how old are they?
An estimated 996 Americans named Vernard and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 44 and 70. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 877 people named Vernard (9 women and girls, 868 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,125 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
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 that rose and fell in the same decades as Vernard
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 Vernard and names like it
- Compare Vernard and ErskineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVernard peaked in 1922.
- Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vernard since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Vernard.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vernard alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.