girls:
7.1k births since 1897
#1935 (66th percentile)
boys:
3.3k births since 1910
#2159 (53rd percentile)
overall:
10.5k births since 1897
#2589 (67th percentile)
The name Vernell is the #2,589 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,468 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 66.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,935 (66.1% percentile) for all time with 7,124 births since 1897. For boys, it ranks #2,159 (52.9% percentile) for all time with 3,344 births since 1910.
Vernell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for girls and 1910 for boys). Birth data for Vernell is available in 117 out of the 125 years between 1897 and 2021 (109 years for boys and 93 years for girls). 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.
The name Vernell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.1% of all recorded births). In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Vernell were girls. Interestingly, until around 1971, the name was more popular for girls (74.7% girls from 1897 to 1970), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (76.8% boys from 1971 to 2021).
For girls, Vernell reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 28.7% percentile (ranked #411) with 159 births per million. The name was most common in 1932, with 160 births per million (ranked 27.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
For boys, Vernell reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #526) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vernell".
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