Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Vernon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Vernon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.4% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

3,144

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

96.4%

2024

112

All-time

146,276

Vernon once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 3,144 boys were named Vernon.

In 2024, only 112 boys were given the name.

Down 96.4% from its peak.

All told, about 146,276 Americans have been named Vernon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.4% from peak

19203,144 boys named Vernon

2024112 boys named Vernon

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