Vern

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Primarily a boy's name · 96% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Vern is a masculine given name, often a short form of Vernon, Lavern or other names. People named Vern include: Vernon Vern Bakalich, New Zealand rugby league player Verdi Vern Barberis, Australian weightlifter Vernon Vern Buchanan, American politician, member of the U.S.

From Wikipedia

Vern first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 132 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 274 babies (rank #360 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 boys (rank #12,205). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Vern

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Vern yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11,975
Total babies (all years)
132
Years in the data
274
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188019#400
188118#414
188228#330
188323#358
188420#415
188529#317
188622#382
188728#320
188828#352
188929#331
189032#311
189133#290
189241#288
189340#278
189434#305
189543#273
189636#314
189727#366
189834#334
189930#330
190036#374
190132#317
190230#366
190328#369
190427#408
190533#364
190640#328
190741#340
190844#345
190944#356
191034#479
191144#444
191287#420
1913121#386
1914155#382
1915212#368
1916210#383
1917200#401
1918244#383
1919231#385
1920274#360
1921260#377
1922267#368
1923241#382
1924243#385
1925241#387
1926221#402
1927220#406
1928207#417
1929183#437
1930222#381
1931201#398
1932155#460
1933162#434
1934175#426
1935153#459
1936153#457
1937153#455
1938160#458
1939149#470
1940165#452
1941147#484
1942158#490
1943153#504
1944165#473
1945147#495
1946160#509
1947159#534
1948191#483
1949146#559
1950140#574
1951152#555
1952143#585
1953170#543
1954207#503
1955166#574
1956174#578
1957161#605
1958135#663
1959163#606
1960133#682
1961149#644
1962127#688
1963119#721
1964103#757
196595#762
196683#804
196765#898
196863#918
196947#1,151
197065#1,015
197135#1,465
197249#1,176
197327#1,734
197434#1,519
197537#1,475
197635#1,570
197732#1,706
197832#1,715
197922#2,307
198019#2,613
198120#2,490
198226#2,105
198329#1,902
198420#2,524
198522#2,422
198630#2,005
198714#3,511
198814#3,697
198920#3,086
199017#3,595
199113#4,466
199212#4,851
199315#4,211
199415#4,280
19957#7,758
19969#6,474
19979#6,585
19985#11,246
19995#11,535
20009#7,376
20016#10,488
20029#7,604
20036#10,827
20057#10,096
20078#9,738
20138#9,611
20167#10,665
20216#12,044
20228#9,761
20238#9,679
20246#12,205