# Vern (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vern/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,982 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,497 / 485 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 7 | 4,631 |
| 1949 | 6 | 5,227 |
| 1950 | 8 | 4,298 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,642 |
| 1954 | 9 | 4,261 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,689 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5,930 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4,900 |
| 1959 | 8 | 5,016 |
| 1960 | 5 | 7,279 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,540 |
| 1965 | 6 | 6,511 |
| 1966 | 5 | 7,584 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,991 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,964 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 11,246 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,536 |
| 2000 | 9 | 7,377 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,488 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,606 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,826 |
| 2005 | 7 | 10,096 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,738 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,612 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,666 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12,051 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,764 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,253 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,607 |

## People named Vern

- Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
- Vern Fleming, American basketball player (born 1961)
- Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player (1928–2013)
- Vern Law, American baseball player
- Vern Ehlers, American politician (1934-2017)
- Vern Barberis, Australian weightlifter (1928–2005)
- Vern Gardner, American basketball player (1925–1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.