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.

Vernon

#237 most common boys' name of all time · #513 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#237
Rank overall
#513 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
148,389
Since 2016
1,119
Peak year
1920 #65
Best rank
#65 1919
Girls Boys peak 3,199/yr
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Vernon 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 — 133 133 #1,382
2024 — 112 112 #1,557
2023 — 107 107 #1,623
2022 — 118 118 #1,523
2021 — 125 125 #1,443
2020 — 80 80 #1,851
2019 — 115 115 #1,485
2018 — 103 103 #1,593
2017 — 115 115 #1,467
2016 — 111 111 #1,521
2015 — 106 106 #1,538
2014 — 123 123 #1,385
2013 — 113 113 #1,459
2012 — 118 118 #1,407
2011 — 118 118 #1,404
2010 — 138 138 #1,263
2009 — 115 115 #1,453
2008 — 137 137 #1,271
2007 — 151 151 #1,171
2006 — 146 146 #1,155
2005 — 136 136 #1,170
2004 — 147 147 #1,080
2003 — 174 174 #942
2002 — 176 176 #913
2001 — 184 184 #871
2000 — 196 196 #818
1999 — 214 214 #748
1998 — 216 216 #747
1997 — 234 234 #687
1996 — 255 255 #655
1995 — 237 237 #689
1994 — 277 277 #627
1993 — 306 306 #589
1992 — 323 323 #567
1991 — 383 383 #507
1990 — 394 394 #488
1989 — 408 408 #467
1988 — 463 463 #419
1987 6 488 494 #390
1986 — 447 447 #404
1985 7 547 554 #345
1984 8 552 560 #336
1983 — 559 559 #331
1982 12 573 585 #333
1981 — 631 631 #305
1980 6 707 713 #290
1979 5 631 636 #309
1978 7 622 629 #300
1977 6 695 701 #278
1976 10 649 659 #290
1975 10 690 700 #278
1974 7 752 759 #258
1973 10 790 800 #248
1972 11 865 876 #245
1971 11 942 953 #243
1970 13 1,086 1,099 #224
1969 11 1,069 1,080 #220
1968 14 1,143 1,157 #203
1967 — 1,141 1,141 #203
1966 14 1,284 1,298 #191
1965 — 1,358 1,358 #188
1964 7 1,568 1,575 #174
1963 14 1,572 1,586 #190
1962 18 1,673 1,691 #182
1961 20 1,771 1,791 #175
1960 19 1,830 1,849 #173
1959 16 1,790 1,806 #172
1958 16 1,927 1,943 #164
1957 16 1,976 1,992 #161
1956 19 2,057 2,076 #151
1955 16 2,035 2,051 #146
1954 18 2,097 2,115 #144
1953 24 2,059 2,083 #141
1952 15 2,082 2,097 #137
1951 22 2,104 2,126 #131
1950 17 2,006 2,023 #134
1949 17 1,951 1,968 #141
1948 21 2,034 2,055 #136
1947 26 2,114 2,140 #134
1946 13 1,966 1,979 #130
1945 11 1,936 1,947 #118
1944 14 1,924 1,938 #119
1943 26 2,093 2,119 #117
1942 23 2,103 2,126 #114
1941 20 1,976 1,996 #108
1940 16 1,941 1,957 #105
1939 17 1,994 2,011 #100
1938 12 1,958 1,970 #103
1937 19 2,076 2,095 #96
1936 24 2,028 2,052 #93
1935 29 2,112 2,141 #94
1934 32 2,227 2,259 #89
1933 28 2,206 2,234 #83
1932 26 2,428 2,454 #78
1931 46 2,465 2,511 #74
1930 41 2,703 2,744 #72
1929 33 2,683 2,716 #71
1928 46 2,852 2,898 #70
1927 55 2,852 2,907 #71
1926 51 2,953 3,004 #66
1925 54 2,912 2,966 #67
1924 53 3,008 3,061 #68
1923 47 2,956 3,003 #67
1922 64 3,003 3,067 #68
1921 54 3,069 3,123 #68
1920 55 3,144 3,199 #65
1919 61 2,929 2,990 #65
1918 49 2,971 3,020 #66
1917 50 2,463 2,513 #71
1916 41 2,288 2,329 #75
1915 45 2,060 2,105 #80
1914 22 1,455 1,477 #83
1913 32 1,143 1,175 #83
1912 23 889 912 #90
1911 7 418 425 #96
1910 17 351 368 #94
1909 16 284 300 #97
1908 13 285 298 #93
1907 14 222 236 #109
1906 8 223 231 #97
1905 14 208 222 #104
1904 14 178 192 #118
1903 11 179 190 #109
1902 13 175 188 #111
1901 8 129 137 #132
1900 16 170 186 #133
1899 10 130 140 #123
1898 7 143 150 #130
1897 11 152 163 #114
1896 15 129 144 #132
1895 11 131 142 #129
1894 8 131 139 #120
1893 — 112 112 #136
1892 7 108 115 #149
1891 9 96 105 #142
1890 6 83 89 #171
1889 10 73 83 #185
1888 — 78 78 #193
1887 — 79 79 #159
1886 — 73 73 #186
1885 5 71 76 #185
1884 — 50 50 #241
1883 — 46 46 #234
1882 — 53 53 #226
1881 5 57 62 #200
1880 — 56 56 #214