Verner — boys' name

What the Data Says About Verner

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,963 babies named Verner between 1881 and 2000, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Verner currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 70 babies received it in a single year. Verner is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 171 additional births since 1913.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Verner performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 503 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Verner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Verner in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Verner 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 1,963 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.