Vernard

Popularity Trends

The name Vernard is the #5,715 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,066 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 26.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,764 (39.7% percentile) for all time with 2,066 births since 1900.

Vernard first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for boys in 1900). Birth data for Vernard is available in 98 out of the 110 years between 1900 and 2009. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Vernard reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #502) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vernard".

1900 2009 19002009

Key Statistics

Total Births

2,066

Peak Births

Peak Year

1922

First Recorded

1900

Peak Percentile

8.1%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#502

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Vernard", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Vernard.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Vernard's popularity from 1897 to 2012 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Vernard at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Vernard range from Vito at 82.2% correlation to Salvadore at 79.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 80.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Salvatore with 57.0K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Ellene with 875 births (100% girls).

Vernard's share of births peaked at 43.5 births per million for boys in 1922. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (5% of peak) in 2006. In 2009, the most recent period with data, the name Vernard had 2.4 births per million, 5% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Vito

14.8k

82.18% (very strong)

Onita

1,162

80.76% (very strong)

Gasper

1,469

80.60% (very strong)

Harrell

2,635

80.27% (very strong)

Emelda

1,396

80.18% (very strong)

Salvatore

57k

80.02% (very strong)

Santo

4,807

79.95% (strong)

Lorain

1,237

79.86% (strong)

Christeen

2,667

79.62% (strong)

Earnie

1,505

79.55% (strong)

Ellene

875

79.13% (strong)

Salvadore

1,302

79.10% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Vernard

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Vernard. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 86.2% confident that Vernard is pronounced as ver-NAHRD, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VER-nahrd, at 13.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.

ver-NAHRD

86.2%

VER-nahrd

13.8%

ver-NAHRD (2 syllables)

86.2% confidence

V ER0 N AA1 R D

VER-nahrd (2 syllables)

13.8% confidence

V ER1 N AA0 R D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like V ER0 N AA1 R D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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