Vernon
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Vernon
Once aristocratic British surname yet to be revived. Vince Vaughn recently gave his son the same double initials as his own when he named him Vernon Vaughn.
Vernon for girls
Much more upscale and modern for a girl than a boy.
Pronounced VER-nun.
As of October 2026, Vernon ranked #1387 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #65 in 1920, Nameberry popularity #936.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,387 | 123 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,545 | 106 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,521 | 111 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,475 | 115 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,602 | 103 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,505 | 114 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,866 | 80 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 125 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,531 | 118 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,630 | 107 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,557 | 112 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,387 | 133 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Vernon for boys
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Famous Vernons
- Vernon DavisBoy
American football player
- Vernon KayBoy
English TV personality
- Vernon Elvis PresleyBoy
father of pop icon Elvis Presley
- Vernon DukeBoy
American composer and songwriter
- Vernon ReidBoy
English,American guitarist of band Living Colour
- Vernon L. SmithBoy
winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Vernon Michael Wells IIIBoy
American baseball player
- Vernon Hansol ChweBoy
Korean,American rapper and member of the boy band Seventeen
- Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (b. 2013)Boy
son of American actor Vince Vaughn
Vernon in pop culture
- Vernon DahlartBoy
character in the movie "Terms of Endearment"
- Vernon BoydBoy
character in MTV show "Teen Wolf"
- Vernon DursleyBoy
character in the "Harry Potter" series
- Vernon WormerBoy
dean in film "National Lampoon's Animal House"
- Vernon GainesBoy
character on TV sitcom "A Different World"
- Vernon Francis "Frank" GallagherBoy
main character on TV's "Shameless"
- Mount VernonBoy
Virginia, plantation home of 1st U.S. President George Washington
- Vernon WaltherBoy
character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
- Vernon FenwickBoy
character cameraman in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Franchise
- Mount VernonGirl
the plantation home of George Washington, first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington