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How popular is “Vernon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vernon” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Vernon” 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 “Vernon” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Vernon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vernon” 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 56 0.000277938 56 -100%
1881 62 0.000321764 5 57 -84%
1882 53 0.000239242 53 -100%
1883 46 0.000212034 46 -100%
1884 50 0.000205372 50 -100%
1885 76 0.000315544 5 71 -87%
1886 73 0.00028592 73 -100%
1887 79 0.000319331 79 -100%
1888 78 0.000260457 78 -100%
1889 83 0.000287251 10 73 -76%
1890 89 0.000295288 6 83 -87%
1891 105 0.000366271 9 96 -83%
1892 115 0.000343926 7 108 -88%
1893 112 0.000344379 112 -100%
1894 139 0.000410405 8 131 -88%
1895 142 0.000404535 11 131 -85%
1896 144 0.000402815 15 129 -79%
1897 163 0.000469799 11 152 -87%
1898 150 0.000393231 7 143 -91%
1899 140 0.000412694 10 130 -86%
1900 186 0.000413096 16 170 -83%
1901 137 0.000396169 8 129 -88%
1902 188 0.000486123 13 175 -86%
1903 190 0.000498426 11 179 -88%
1904 192 0.000475854 14 178 -85%
1905 222 0.000523681 14 208 -87%
1906 231 0.000539151 8 223 -93%
1907 236 0.000507102 14 222 -88%
1908 298 0.000609845 13 285 -91%
1909 300 0.000586827 16 284 -89%
1910 368 0.000622978 17 351 -91%
1911 425 0.000659653 7 418 -97%
1912 912 0.000923019 23 889 -95%
1913 1175 0.001033321 32 1143 -95%
1914 1477 0.001042826 22 1455 -97%
1915 2105 0.00114875 45 2060 -96%
1916 2329 0.00120398 41 2288 -96%
1917 2513 0.001252274 50 2463 -96%
1918 3020 0.001390993 49 2971 -97%
1919 2990 0.001416897 61 2929 -96%
1920 3199 0.001413833 55 3144 -97%
1921 3123 0.001337757 54 3069 -97%
1922 3067 0.001339795 64 3003 -96%
1923 3003 0.001304245 47 2956 -97%
1924 3061 0.001285265 53 3008 -97%
1925 2966 0.00127116 54 2912 -96%
1926 3004 0.001308416 51 2953 -97%
1927 2907 0.001253364 55 2852 -96%
1928 2898 0.001281769 46 2852 -97%
1929 2716 0.00123896 33 2683 -98%
1930 2744 0.001234208 41 2703 -97%
1931 2511 0.001193221 46 2465 -96%
1932 2454 0.001162322 26 2428 -98%
1933 2234 0.001117309 28 2206 -97%
1934 2259 0.001087723 32 2227 -97%
1935 2140 0.001023972 29 2111 -97%
1936 2052 0.000987689 24 2028 -98%
1937 2095 0.000983259 19 2076 -98%
1938 1970 0.000890366 12 1958 -99%
1939 2011 0.000912663 17 1994 -98%
1940 1957 0.000849877 16 1941 -98%
1941 1996 0.000819233 20 1976 -98%
1942 2126 0.000778236 23 2103 -98%
1943 2119 0.000750737 26 2093 -98%
1944 1938 0.000720425 14 1924 -99%
1945 1947 0.000733911 11 1936 -99%
1946 1979 0.000619346 13 1966 -99%
1947 2140 0.000594061 26 2114 -98%
1948 2055 0.000595218 21 2034 -98%
1949 1968 0.000564742 17 1951 -98%
1950 2022 0.000577161 17 2005 -98%
1951 2126 0.000577131 22 2104 -98%
1952 2097 0.000552132 15 2082 -99%
1953 2084 0.000540787 24 2060 -98%
1954 2115 0.000531313 18 2097 -98%
1955 2051 0.000510824 16 2035 -98%
1956 2076 0.000503512 19 2057 -98%
1957 1992 0.000474044 16 1976 -98%
1958 1943 0.000470016 16 1927 -98%
1959 1807 0.000434585 16 1791 -98%
1960 1849 0.000445133 19 1830 -98%
1961 1790 0.000432127 20 1770 -98%
1962 1690 0.000418797 18 1672 -98%
1963 1588 0.000401192 14 1574 -98%
1964 1576 0.000405391 7 1569 -99%
1965 1358 0.000374574 1358 -100%
1966 1297 0.000373167 14 1283 -98%
1967 1142 0.000336387 1142 -100%
1968 1157 0.000342468 14 1143 -98%
1969 1080 0.000310762 11 1069 -98%
1970 1099 0.000304726 13 1086 -98%
1971 953 0.000277652 11 942 -98%
1972 876 0.000278715 11 865 -97%
1973 800 0.000265174 10 790 -98%
1974 759 0.000249671 7 752 -98%
1975 700 0.000231835 10 690 -97%
1976 658 0.000216854 10 648 -97%
1977 702 0.000220998 6 696 -98%
1978 629 0.000198181 7 622 -98%
1979 636 0.000191163 5 631 -98%
1980 714 0.000207287 6 708 -98%
1981 631 0.000182403 631 -100%
1982 585 0.000166763 12 573 -96%
1983 559 0.000161405 559 -100%
1984 560 0.000160516 8 552 -97%
1985 554 0.000155221 7 547 -97%
1986 447 0.000125665 447 -100%
1987 494 0.000137009 6 488 -98%
1988 463 0.000125303 463 -100%
1989 408 0.000106127 408 -100%
1990 394 0.000099684 394 -100%
1991 383 0.000098325 383 -100%
1992 323 0.000084087 323 -100%
1993 306 0.000081161 306 -100%
1994 277 0.000074509 277 -100%
1995 237 0.000064716 237 -100%
1996 255 0.000069917 255 -100%
1997 234 0.000064538 234 -100%
1998 216 0.000058724 216 -100%
1999 214 0.000057934 214 -100%
2000 196 0.000051853 196 -100%
2001 184 0.000049153 184 -100%
2002 176 0.00004708 176 -100%
2003 174 0.000045762 174 -100%
2004 147 0.000038472 147 -100%
2005 135 0.000035112 135 -100%
2006 145 0.000036651 145 -100%
2007 150 0.000037522 150 -100%
2008 136 0.0000346 136 -100%
2009 114 0.000029842 114 -100%
2010 138 0.00003734 138 -100%
2011 118 0.00003226 118 -100%
2012 118 0.000032264 118 -100%
2013 113 0.000030996 113 -100%
2014 123 0.000033186 123 -100%
2015 106 0.000028642 106 -100%
2016 111 0.000030256 111 -100%
2017 115 0.000032157 115 -100%
2018 103 0.000029296 103 -100%
2019 114 0.000032844 114 -100%
2020 80 0.000023948 80 -100%
2021 125 0.000036895 125 -100%
2022 118 0.000034879 118 -100%
2023 107 0.000032315 107 -100%
2024 112 0.000033649 112 -100%

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