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How popular is “Vern” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vern” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Vern” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Vern” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Vern” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Vern” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Vern” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vern” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 19 0.0000943 19 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 28 0.000126392 28 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 -100%
1885 29 0.000120405 29 -100%
1886 22 0.000086168 22 -100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 -100%
1888 28 0.000093497 28 -100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 -100%
1890 37 0.00012276 5 32 -73%
1891 40 0.000139532 7 33 -65%
1892 41 0.000122617 41 -100%
1893 40 0.000122993 40 -100%
1894 40 0.000118102 6 34 -70%
1895 43 0.0001225 43 -100%
1896 36 0.000100704 36 -100%
1897 27 0.000077819 27 -100%
1898 34 0.000089132 34 -100%
1899 30 0.000088435 30 -100%
1900 43 0.000095501 7 36 -67%
1901 38 0.000109886 6 32 -68%
1902 30 0.000077573 30 -100%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 -100%
1904 27 0.000066917 27 -100%
1905 39 0.000091998 6 33 -69%
1906 40 0.00009336 40 -100%
1907 46 0.000098842 5 41 -78%
1908 51 0.000104369 7 44 -73%
1909 50 0.000097804 6 44 -76%
1910 40 0.000067715 6 34 -70%
1911 51 0.000079158 7 44 -73%
1912 96 0.00009716 9 87 -81%
1913 132 0.000116084 11 121 -83%
1914 168 0.000118615 13 155 -85%
1915 225 0.000122788 13 212 -88%
1916 223 0.00011528 13 210 -88%
1917 212 0.000105643 12 200 -89%
1918 262 0.000120676 18 244 -86%
1919 239 0.000113257 8 231 -93%
1920 282 0.000124633 8 274 -94%
1921 275 0.000117798 15 260 -89%
1922 280 0.000122316 13 267 -91%
1923 253 0.000109881 12 241 -91%
1924 260 0.00010917 17 243 -87%
1925 251 0.000107573 10 241 -92%
1926 236 0.000102792 15 221 -87%
1927 231 0.000099597 11 220 -90%
1928 216 0.000095536 9 207 -92%
1929 193 0.000088041 10 183 -90%
1930 230 0.00010345 8 222 -93%
1931 201 0.000095515 201 -100%
1932 161 0.000076257 6 155 -93%
1933 171 0.000085524 9 162 -89%
1934 186 0.00008956 11 175 -88%
1935 166 0.00007943 13 153 -84%
1936 163 0.000078457 10 153 -88%
1937 161 0.000075563 8 153 -90%
1938 167 0.000075478 7 160 -92%
1939 157 0.000071252 8 149 -90%
1940 171 0.000074261 6 165 -93%
1941 153 0.000062797 6 147 -92%
1942 158 0.000057837 158 -100%
1943 158 0.000055978 5 153 -94%
1944 165 0.000061336 165 -100%
1945 154 0.000058049 7 147 -91%
1946 160 0.000050073 160 -100%
1947 159 0.000044138 159 -100%
1948 198 0.000057349 7 191 -93%
1949 152 0.000043618 6 146 -92%
1950 148 0.000042245 8 140 -89%
1951 152 0.000041262 152 -100%
1952 143 0.000037651 143 -100%
1953 176 0.000045671 6 170 -93%
1954 216 0.000054262 9 207 -92%
1955 171 0.000042589 5 166 -94%
1956 180 0.000043657 6 174 -93%
1957 169 0.000040218 8 161 -91%
1958 135 0.000032657 135 -100%
1959 171 0.000041126 8 163 -91%
1960 138 0.000033222 5 133 -93%
1961 149 0.00003597 149 -100%
1962 132 0.000032711 5 127 -92%
1963 119 0.000030064 119 -100%
1964 103 0.000026494 103 -100%
1965 101 0.000027859 6 95 -88%
1966 88 0.000025319 5 83 -89%
1967 65 0.000019146 65 -100%
1968 69 0.000020424 6 63 -83%
1969 47 0.000013524 47 -100%
1970 71 0.000019687 6 65 -83%
1971 35 0.000010197 35 -100%
1972 49 0.00001559 49 -100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 -100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 -100%
1975 37 0.000012254 37 -100%
1976 35 0.000011535 35 -100%
1977 32 0.000010074 32 -100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 -100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 -100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 -100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 -100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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