first name
VERNELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,484 people named Vernell, 79.3% reported their origin as Black, 15.7% as White and 2.2% as two or more races. 64.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Vernell peaked in 1935, when 215 babies got the name.
At least 10,468 babies have been given the name since 1897. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Vernell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #850. The largest share of babies named Vernell, 32.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
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 Vernell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vernell has been most common in South Carolina (9.8×), Mississippi (5.8×), and Virginia (3.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.15×).
5,937 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.
Exactly as common as Vernell
2 other first names also have 4,484 people.
Either side of Vernell
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vernell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Vernell ranks #154,182 of 156,621, with 103 people. See Vernell as a last name
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