Vernel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Vernel

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Vernel between 1913 and 1987, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vernel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Vernel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 85 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Vernel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernel 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 249 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.