The name Vernon is of French origin, and means alder tree.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Vernon has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Vernon
Use of the Name Vernon for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
143,485
40,727
8,847
1,831
704
164
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Vernon has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Vernon last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 2003, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Vernon
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
214
56
1881
203
57
936
5
1882
227
53
1883
235
46
1884
243
50
1885
186
71
1886
188
73
1887
160
79
1888
193
78
1889
184
73
900
10
1890
171
83
1891
142
96
1892
149
108
1893
136
112
1894
120
131
1895
129
131
1896
132
129
869
15
1897
114
152
1898
130
143
1899
123
130
1900
133
170
966
16
1901
132
129
1902
111
175
1903
109
179
1904
118
178
997
14
1905
104
209
1906
97
224
1907
109
222
1908
93
285
1909
97
283
1910
94
352
1911
95
417
1912
90
886
1913
82
1,145
958
32
1914
82
1,459
1915
80
2,062
1916
75
2,287
1917
71
2,456
997
50
1918
66
2,974
1919
65
2,924
907
61
1920
65
3,147
1921
68
3,071
1922
67
3,007
913
65
1923
66
2,953
1924
69
3,003
1925
67
2,910
1926
66
2,938
1927
70
2,852
1928
70
2,846
1929
71
2,676
1930
72
2,702
1931
73
2,458
1932
78
2,427
1933
83
2,202
1934
89
2,222
1935
94
2,112
1936
93
2,030
1937
96
2,069
1938
103
1,955
1939
100
1,999
1940
105
1,936
1941
109
1,964
1942
114
2,111
1943
117
2,081
1944
119
1,923
1945
118
1,923
1946
130
1,965
1947
134
2,109
1948
134
2,031
1949
141
1,938
1950
134
2,007
1951
131
2,085
1952
137
2,090
1953
141
2,054
1954
144
2,095
1955
146
2,030
1956
152
2,044
1957
161
1,981
1958
164
1,922
1959
172
1,789
1960
173
1,832
1961
175
1,766
1962
182
1,665
1963
189
1,575
1964
174
1,572
1965
188
1,356
1966
191
1,283
1967
202
1,145
1968
203
1,143
1969
221
1,064
1970
223
1,083
1971
243
942
1972
245
862
1973
247
794
1974
258
749
1975
279
687
1976
290
647
1977
278
696
1978
300
620
1979
307
633
1980
290
704
1981
305
627
1982
333
567
1983
332
558
1984
339
549
1985
344
546
1986
403
447
1987
390
485
1988
423
458
1989
465
411
1990
489
394
1991
510
378
1992
568
322
1993
593
302
1994
635
268
1995
694
234
1996
669
246
1997
692
231
1998
767
207
1999
764
209
2000
843
190
2001
891
177
2002
925
173
2003
970
164
Totals:
143,485
268
During the last 125 years, parents have used Vernon as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Vernon appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 124 times during the last 125 years.