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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Vernal

Vernal was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1916, when it ranked 914th with 49 babies. More babies were named Vernal in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
191649 babies
Total since 1880
2,158babies recorded

Vernal popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025————
2020————
2010————
2000————
1990—#8,072—6
1980—#4,919—8
1970—#3,270—10
1960—#1,970—18
1950—#1,811—18
1940#2,412#1,2501330
1930#2,833#1,2581133
1920#2,255#1,0341746
1910#1,513#1,0381111
1900————
1890————
1880————

How popular is Vernal, counting every spelling?

Vernal has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Vernal?

About 500 people born in the US named Vernal are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 54 and 77. That makes Vernal a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Vernal by state

How common Vernal was among boys born in each state in 1914–1918, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesKS0.10Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Vernal, boys, 1914–1918. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Vernal

How popular is the name Vernal?

Vernal was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1916, when it ranked 914th with 49 babies. More babies were named Vernal in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Vernal a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 370 girls and 1,788 boys.

Where was Vernal most popular?

In 1914–1918, Vernal was most common in Kansas (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and Illinois.