Vernell
Vernell was last recorded in 2021, when 6 babies were given it; 10,468 Americans have been recorded with it between 1897 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,930 Americans named Vernell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 55 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vernell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Vernell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,835, in 1999; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
215 babies in 1935, the peak
Vernell peaked in 1935, when 215 babies were given it (173 girls, #479 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | under 5 | 6 | #12,046 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 9 | #8,829 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #12,149 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 10 | #8,103 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 7 | #10,558 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 6 | #12,012 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 7 | #10,693 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 15 | #5,919 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #12,124 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 11 | #7,653 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | under 5 | 9 | #8,971 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 10 | #8,131 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 16 | #5,504 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 17 | #5,017 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 15 | #5,470 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 20 | #4,263 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 6 | #10,598 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 12 | #5,984 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 19 | #4,193 | |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,835 | 17 | #4,327 |
| 1998 | 6 | #14,034 | 17 | #4,184 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 19 | #3,726 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 14 | #4,595 | |
| 1995 | 6 | #13,331 | 22 | #3,181 |
| 1994 | 6 | #13,368 | 28 | #2,677 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,741 | 34 | #2,288 |
| 1992 | under 5 | 23 | #2,986 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 32 | #2,287 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 30 | #2,363 | |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,466 | 34 | #2,097 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,665 | 30 | #2,134 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,783 | 25 | #2,327 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,505 | 27 | #2,155 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,533 | 30 | #1,968 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,788 | 33 | #1,762 |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,105 | 26 | #2,079 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,522 | 21 | #2,421 |
| 1981 | 6 | #10,373 | 32 | #1,807 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,968 | 29 | #1,962 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,900 | 30 | #1,863 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,676 | 32 | #1,716 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,227 | 33 | #1,668 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,533 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,940 | 37 | #1,476 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,217 | 31 | #1,616 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,685 | 35 | #1,460 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,447 | 37 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,158 | 49 | #1,179 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,930 | 51 | #1,169 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,977 | 37 | #1,324 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,851 | 50 | #1,056 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,558 | 44 | #1,128 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,950 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,436 | 48 | #1,080 |
| 1964 | 75 | #1,292 | 41 | #1,216 |
| 1963 | 68 | #1,351 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1962 | 87 | #1,183 | 59 | #1,004 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,295 | 43 | #1,220 |
| 1960 | 81 | #1,218 | 55 | #1,042 |
| 1959 | 88 | #1,143 | 49 | #1,115 |
| 1958 | 103 | #1,034 | 40 | #1,234 |
| 1957 | 114 | #973 | 55 | #1,026 |
| 1956 | 124 | #901 | 50 | #1,081 |
| 1955 | 115 | #920 | 58 | #993 |
| 1954 | 123 | #857 | 67 | #906 |
| 1953 | 142 | #770 | 58 | #947 |
| 1952 | 124 | #820 | 62 | #904 |
| 1951 | 129 | #785 | 54 | #961 |
| 1950 | 138 | #731 | 53 | #956 |
| 1949 | 125 | #774 | 65 | #853 |
| 1948 | 152 | #676 | 47 | #1,034 |
| 1947 | 142 | #714 | 56 | #954 |
| 1946 | 128 | #715 | 54 | #909 |
| 1945 | 125 | #662 | 39 | #1,033 |
| 1944 | 123 | #673 | 41 | #1,036 |
| 1943 | 157 | #602 | 46 | #997 |
| 1942 | 127 | #667 | 34 | #1,213 |
| 1941 | 115 | #663 | 47 | #936 |
| 1940 | 146 | #581 | 44 | #980 |
| 1939 | 127 | #596 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1938 | 170 | #513 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1937 | 148 | #554 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1936 | 146 | #542 | 32 | #1,181 |
| 1935 | 173 | #479 | 42 | #991 |
| 1934 | 170 | #493 | 42 | #1,004 |
| 1933 | 152 | #515 | 35 | #1,121 |
| 1932 | 177 | #498 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1931 | 166 | #503 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1930 | 159 | #541 | 34 | #1,233 |
| 1929 | 147 | #565 | 25 | #1,478 |
| 1928 | 152 | #574 | 37 | #1,185 |
| 1927 | 141 | #601 | 35 | #1,246 |
| 1926 | 167 | #543 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1925 | 170 | #552 | 20 | #1,797 |
| 1924 | 178 | #545 | 25 | #1,574 |
| 1923 | 143 | #615 | 36 | #1,211 |
| 1922 | 113 | #691 | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1921 | 120 | #678 | 23 | #1,644 |
| 1920 | 114 | #684 | 26 | #1,501 |
| 1919 | 99 | #707 | 25 | #1,478 |
| 1918 | 103 | #715 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1917 | 65 | #856 | 24 | #1,474 |
| 1916 | 67 | #830 | 10 | #2,725 |
| 1915 | 60 | #848 | 14 | #2,060 |
| 1914 | 36 | #1,001 | 16 | #1,602 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,037 | 9 | #2,083 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,175 | 10 | #1,735 |
| 1911 | 20 | #1,005 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,514 | 5 | #1,825 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,284 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,539 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,372 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,714 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,529 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,856 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,429 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,782 | 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 Vernell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,468 Americans recorded as Vernell, 68% are girls and 32% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vernell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vernell, and how old are they?
4,930 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 10,468 Americans ever recorded as Vernell. The median Vernell alive today is 68 years old; half are between 55 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 4,484 people named Vernell (2,909 women and girls, 1,575 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,899 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 894 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,280 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 956 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 520 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 223 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 44 |
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 Vernell born?
The states with the most babies named Vernell are Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 963 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| South Carolina | 852 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| North Carolina | 641 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Virginia | 508 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Mississippi | 442 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Georgia | 431 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Alabama | 363 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 293 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Florida | 281 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 240 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Vernell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vernell is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 4.3 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 girls’ 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 Vernell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 10,644 babies since 1880, Vernell is the most given (98% 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 Vernell
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 Vernell and names like it
- Compare Vernell and VernealBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sVernell peaked in 1935.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vernell since 1910.
- The top names of 1935The year the most babies were named Vernell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vernell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.