Verne
Verne was last recorded in 1990, when 5 babies were given it; 6,719 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1990 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,450 Americans named Verne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 64 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Verne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Verne?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,420, in 1990; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
200 babies in 1919, the peak
Verne peaked in 1919, when 200 babies were given it (167 boys, #457 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | under 5 | 5 | #9,420 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #8,086 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 5 | #7,766 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 11 | #4,031 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 6 | #6,280 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 10 | #4,128 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 11 | #3,951 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #7,236 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 16 | #2,957 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 8 | #4,826 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | under 5 | 14 | #3,062 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 10 | #3,828 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 15 | #2,817 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 12 | #3,233 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 12 | #3,113 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 15 | #2,601 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 8 | #3,945 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 19 | #2,198 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 12 | #2,885 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 24 | #1,722 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 26 | #1,569 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 24 | #1,607 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 33 | #1,343 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 26 | #1,553 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 25 | #1,613 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 50 | #1,090 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,542 | 29 | #1,476 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 46 | #1,175 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,358 | 41 | #1,240 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,217 | 42 | #1,210 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 49 | #1,102 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 60 | #987 | |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,930 | 51 | #1,067 |
| 1955 | 7 | #5,176 | 76 | #845 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,484 | 87 | #766 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,213 | 83 | #784 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,471 | 74 | #819 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,383 | 79 | #794 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,411 | 69 | #823 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,169 | 66 | #847 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,336 | 78 | #771 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,995 | 76 | #792 |
| 1946 | 12 | #3,023 | 81 | #728 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,119 | 63 | #781 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,548 | 79 | #701 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,237 | 74 | #762 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,206 | 87 | #692 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,940 | 87 | #659 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,840 | 63 | #787 |
| 1939 | under 5 | 82 | #659 | |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,169 | 85 | #650 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,420 | 73 | #705 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,379 | 83 | #636 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,916 | 95 | #597 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,911 | 88 | #641 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,860 | 95 | #600 |
| 1932 | 10 | #3,037 | 117 | #544 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,209 | 101 | #583 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,045 | 120 | #552 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,911 | 117 | #546 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,673 | 134 | #524 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,848 | 123 | #559 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,255 | 145 | #505 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,370 | 141 | #515 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,305 | 144 | #526 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,164 | 155 | #495 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,471 | 158 | #496 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,190 | 162 | #486 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,075 | 132 | #534 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,366 | 167 | #457 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,164 | 148 | #491 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,259 | 154 | #459 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,798 | 144 | #478 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,225 | 124 | #501 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,659 | 101 | #487 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,761 | 84 | #474 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,348 | 42 | #658 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,167 | 13 | #975 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,066 | 19 | #703 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,098 | 23 | #557 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,353 | 16 | #683 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,088 | 28 | #446 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,936 | 28 | #422 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,915 | 18 | #569 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,648 | 23 | #450 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,309 | 20 | #486 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,130 | 20 | #487 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,132 | 25 | #380 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,554 | 19 | #575 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,386 | 13 | #578 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,167 | 20 | #471 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,031 | 29 | #352 |
| 1896 | under 5 | 25 | #397 | |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,292 | 20 | #454 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,696 | 15 | #538 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,430 | 33 | #306 |
| 1892 | 14 | #828 | 20 | #444 |
| 1891 | 13 | #792 | 13 | #523 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,200 | 25 | #357 |
| 1889 | 10 | #899 | 18 | #444 |
| 1888 | under 5 | 11 | #643 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 8 | #745 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 18 | #429 | |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,041 | 15 | #497 |
| 1884 | 8 | #848 | 8 | #755 |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #880 | |
| 1882 | 6 | #900 | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1881 | under 5 | 15 | #457 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 11 | #597 |
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 Verne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,719 Americans recorded as Verne, 13% are girls and 87% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Verne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Verne, and how old are they?
1,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 6,719 Americans ever recorded as Verne. The median Verne alive today is 73 years old; half are between 64 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 2,191 people named Verne (252 women and girls, 1,939 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,903 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 328 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 827 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 239 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 54 |
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 Verne born?
The states with the most babies named Verne are Illinois, California and Iowa, with 41% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 433 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 409 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Iowa | 300 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Michigan | 271 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Minnesota | 197 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Washington | 171 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Wisconsin | 143 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Kansas | 123 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 122 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Nebraska | 115 | not ranked | 1.7× |
Where Verne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Verne is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 Verne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Verne
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 Verne and names like it
- Compare Verne and ArlieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sVerne peaked in 1919.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Verne since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Verne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Verne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.