Vernelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vernelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,245 babies named Vernelle between 1904 and 1974, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vernelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vernelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Vernelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vernelle in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vernelle 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 1,245 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.