Vernard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Vernard

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,066 babies named Vernard between 1900 and 2009, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vernard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Vernard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernard in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,066 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.