Vernelle
Recorded 1904–1974 · United States
Vernelle was most popular in 1924, when 69 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,678 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,250 people named Vernelle.
Vernelle over time
How old is the name Vernelle?
Vernelle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1904, which makes it about 121 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 64 of the 122 years since. It was last recorded in 1974.
How many people are named Vernelle?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,250 American births named Vernelle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 375 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Vernelle in 2025?
Vernelle was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Vernelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Vernelle is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 1,250 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Vernelle?
Roughly 375 Americans named Vernelle are alive today — 30% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 77 years old, and half are between 68 and 84.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Vernelle is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org