Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vern

#1,059 most common boys' name of all time · #2,521 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,059
Rank overall
#2,521 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
11,982
Since 2016
42
Peak year
1920 #359
Best rank
#273 1895
Girls Boys peak 282/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Vern is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 7 #9,721
2024 6 6 #10,945
2023 8 8 #8,929
2022 8 8 #9,000
2021 6 6 #10,814
2016 7 7 #9,676
2013 8 8 #8,799
2007 8 8 #8,925
2005 7 7 #9,124
2003 6 6 #9,598
2002 9 9 #7,060
2001 6 6 #9,261
2000 9 9 #6,850
1999 5 5 #9,928
1998 5 5 #9,643
1997 9 9 #6,107
1996 9 9 #5,995
1995 7 7 #7,002
1994 15 15 #4,101
1993 15 15 #4,025
1992 12 12 #4,569
1991 13 13 #4,237
1990 17 17 #3,470
1989 20 20 #2,993
1988 14 14 #3,529
1987 14 14 #3,345
1986 30 30 #1,963
1985 22 22 #2,360
1984 20 20 #2,440
1983 29 29 #1,868
1982 26 26 #2,063
1981 20 20 #2,420
1980 19 19 #2,543
1979 22 22 #2,241
1978 32 32 #1,689
1977 32 32 #1,673
1976 35 35 #1,543
1975 37 37 #1,457
1974 34 34 #1,501
1973 27 27 #1,698
1972 49 49 #1,163
1971 35 35 #1,443
1970 6 65 71 #1,005
1969 46 46 #1,152
1968 6 63 69 #911
1967 66 66 #886
1966 5 83 88 #801
1965 6 95 101 #759
1964 103 103 #755
1963 119 119 #720
1962 5 127 132 #688
1961 149 149 #640
1960 5 133 138 #681
1959 8 163 171 #606
1958 135 135 #663
1957 8 161 169 #604
1956 6 174 180 #578
1955 5 166 171 #574
1954 9 207 216 #504
1953 6 170 176 #543
1952 143 143 #584
1951 152 152 #554
1950 8 140 148 #574
1949 6 146 152 #556
1948 7 191 198 #482
1947 159 159 #534
1946 160 160 #509
1945 7 147 154 #494
1944 165 165 #473
1943 5 153 158 #503
1942 158 158 #490
1941 6 147 153 #482
1940 6 165 171 #451
1939 8 149 157 #469
1938 7 160 167 #458
1937 8 153 161 #455
1936 10 153 163 #456
1935 13 153 166 #459
1934 11 175 186 #424
1933 9 162 171 #434
1932 6 155 161 #459
1931 201 201 #397
1930 8 222 230 #381
1929 10 183 193 #437
1928 9 207 216 #417
1927 11 220 231 #406
1926 15 221 236 #400
1925 10 241 251 #384
1924 17 243 260 #384
1923 12 241 253 #382
1922 13 267 280 #368
1921 15 260 275 #377
1920 8 274 282 #359
1919 8 231 239 #384
1918 18 244 262 #382
1917 12 200 212 #401
1916 13 210 223 #381
1915 13 212 225 #369
1914 13 155 168 #381
1913 11 121 132 #385
1912 9 87 96 #419
1911 7 44 51 #444
1910 6 34 40 #475
1909 6 44 50 #355
1908 7 44 51 #342
1907 5 41 46 #337
1906 40 40 #327
1905 6 33 39 #362
1904 27 27 #405
1903 28 28 #364
1902 30 30 #362
1901 6 32 38 #315
1900 7 36 43 #369
1899 30 30 #328
1898 34 34 #331
1897 27 27 #364
1896 36 36 #313
1895 43 43 #273
1894 6 34 40 #303
1893 40 40 #278
1892 41 41 #286
1891 7 33 40 #288
1890 5 32 37 #308
1889 29 29 #327
1888 28 28 #349
1887 28 28 #318
1886 22 22 #376
1885 29 29 #316
1884 20 20 #406
1883 23 23 #352
1882 28 28 #329
1881 18 18 #407
1880 19 19 #400