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Vernon

Pronounced /ˈvɝnən/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1922 · #918
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:112 in 2024 (#1,553)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Vernon in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1922 with 64 babies, ranked #918.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 1,976 girls have been named Vernon since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Vernon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 891 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 463 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 334 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 135 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 33 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈvɝnən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Vernon, CC BY-SA 4.0.