How rare is the name Vern?

5,707 people in the United States have the first name Vern, about 1 in 52,923. It ranks #3,590 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VERN

#3,590

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,707
About
1 in 52,923
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,707 people named Vern, 82.6% reported their origin as White, 8% as Black and 2.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vern peaked in 1920, when 282 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
282
In 2025*
7 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,982 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Vern by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #745. The largest share of babies named Vern, 33.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#756244
1890s#745368
1900s#876392
1910s#8081,648
1920s#7962,477
1930s#8991,763
1940s#1,0721,628
1950s#1,3001,661
1960s#1,7981,011
1970s#3,542374
1980s#6,094214
1990s#12,417107
2000s#24,80845
2010s#36,94115
2020s#21,58335
Before 19015.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2733.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.1%
Baby boom 1946–6424.8%
Generation X 1965–806.4%
Millennials 1981–962.4%
Generation Z 1997–120.5%
2013 and later0.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Vern is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vern has been most common in South Dakota (10×), Idaho (8.7×), and Nebraska (7.1×), and least common in Texas (0.09×).

7,450 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Vern

#3,588 Joleen · 5,709#3,589 Arlette · 5,708#3,591 Ellison · 5,704#3,591 Marilee · 5,704

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vern, most common first.

#1,524 Verna · 21,649#7,068 Verne · 2,191#17,394 Veron · 635

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