Vern
Boy · VERN · Celtic
Vern is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “alder tree”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Vern mean?
Celtic: short form of Vernon, a Norman place name from Gaulish
“alder tree”
Short for Vernon, a Norman French place name and surname derived from a Gaulish word for alder.
- Say it
- VERN
Is Vern a girl's or a boy's name?
Vern is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vern in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Vern, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1920, with 274 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vern in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vern in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,163 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 66 | #885 |
| 1966 | 83 | #800 |
| 1965 | 95 | #759 |
| 1964 | 103 | #753 |
| 1963 | 119 | #720 |
| 1962 | 127 | #688 |
| 1961 | 149 | #639 |
| 1960 | 133 | #680 |
| 1959 | 163 | #605 |
| 1958 | 135 | #662 |
| 1957 | 161 | #603 |
| 1956 | 174 | #577 |
| 1955 | 166 | #573 |
| 1954 | 207 | #502 |
| 1953 | 170 | #542 |
| 1952 | 143 | #581 |
| 1951 | 152 | #553 |
| 1950 | 140 | #573 |
| 1949 | 146 | #554 |
| 1948 | 191 | #481 |
| 1947 | 159 | #534 |
| 1946 | 160 | #509 |
| 1945 | 147 | #494 |
| 1944 | 165 | #473 |
| 1943 | 153 | #502 |
| 1942 | 158 | #489 |
| 1941 | 147 | #482 |
| 1940 | 165 | #451 |
| 1939 | 149 | #469 |
| 1938 | 160 | #458 |
| 1937 | 153 | #454 |
| 1936 | 153 | #455 |
| 1935 | 153 | #458 |
| 1934 | 175 | #423 |
| 1933 | 162 | #434 |
| 1932 | 155 | #458 |
| 1931 | 201 | #396 |
| 1930 | 222 | #381 |
| 1929 | 183 | #437 |
| 1928 | 207 | #416 |
| 1927 | 220 | #405 |
| 1926 | 221 | #399 |
| 1925 | 241 | #384 |
| 1924 | 243 | #384 |
| 1923 | 241 | #382 |
| 1922 | 267 | #367 |
| 1921 | 260 | #377 |
| 1920 | 274 | #359 |
| 1919 | 231 | #384 |
| 1918 | 244 | #382 |
| 1917 | 200 | #401 |
| 1916 | 210 | #381 |
| 1915 | 212 | #368 |
| 1914 | 155 | #381 |
| 1913 | 121 | #385 |
| 1912 | 87 | #418 |
| 1911 | 44 | #441 |
| 1910 | 34 | #474 |
| 1909 | 44 | #355 |
| 1908 | 44 | #341 |
| 1907 | 41 | #331 |
| 1906 | 40 | #323 |
| 1905 | 33 | #360 |
| 1904 | 27 | #401 |
| 1903 | 28 | #360 |
| 1902 | 30 | #360 |
| 1901 | 32 | #314 |
| 1900 | 36 | #365 |
| 1899 | 30 | #322 |
| 1898 | 34 | #329 |
| 1897 | 27 | #360 |
| 1896 | 36 | #312 |
| 1895 | 43 | #269 |
| 1894 | 34 | #298 |
| 1893 | 40 | #275 |
| 1892 | 41 | #284 |
| 1891 | 33 | #283 |
| 1890 | 32 | #302 |
| 1889 | 29 | #322 |
| 1888 | 28 | #349 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 22 | #369 |
| 1885 | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | 28 | #324 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 19 | #392 |
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