Vernon
About Vernon
The name Vernon peaked for boys at #65 in 1920. The name is most popular in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Minnesota. Vernon is occasionally used for girls in 1987.
As of September 2026, Vernon ranked #1387 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #65 in 1920, Nameberry popularity #981.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,387 | 123 | 64 |
| 2015 | #1,545 | 106 | 55.3 |
| 2016 | #1,521 | 111 | 58.5 |
| 2017 | #1,475 | 115 | 62.1 |
| 2018 | #1,602 | 103 | 56.7 |
| 2019 | #1,505 | 114 | 63.5 |
| 2020 | #1,866 | 80 | 46.3 |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 125 | 71.4 |
| 2022 | #1,531 | 118 | 67.6 |
| 2023 | #1,630 | 107 | 62.6 |
| 2024 | #1,557 | 112 | 65 |
| 2025 | #1,387 | 133 | 77.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Vernons
- Vernon Davis
American football player
- Vernon Kay
English TV personality
- Vernon Elvis Presley
father of pop icon Elvis Presley
- Vernon Duke
American composer and songwriter
- Vernon Reid
English,American guitarist of band Living Colour
- Vernon L. Smith
winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Vernon Michael Wells III
American baseball player
- Vernon Hansol Chwe
Korean,American rapper and member of the boy band Seventeen
- Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (b. 2013)
son of American actor Vince Vaughn
Vernon in pop culture
- Vernon Dahlart
character in the movie "Terms of Endearment"
- Vernon Boyd
character in MTV show "Teen Wolf"
- Vernon Dursley
character in the "Harry Potter" series
- Vernon Wormer
dean in film "National Lampoon's Animal House"
- Vernon Gaines
character on TV sitcom "A Different World"
- Vernon Francis "Frank" Gallagher
main character on TV's "Shameless"
- Mount Vernon
Virginia, plantation home of 1st U.S. President George Washington
- Vernon Walther
character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
- Vernon Fenwick
character cameraman in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Franchise